Jazz musicians who also paint and sculpt.

[soulpope]

https://magazine.artland.com/the-other-miles-davis-the-paintings-of-the-jazz-prince-of-darkness/

[Bluesnik]

2 hours ago, Simon8 said:

Gil Mellé

Yes he painted and designed BN covers, besides being a musician.

[Dmitry]

Tal Farlow was a sign-painter.

 

And to further drive the point...

 

[Ken Dryden]

Bassist Bob Haggart was a painter. One of his last portraits was of trumpeter Jimmy McPartland. According to Marian, he died not long after shipping it to her, possibly while it was in transit.

[Justin V]

Chicago saxophonist Othello Anderson is an artist and a fine alto player. 

 

[clifford_thornton]

Turkish drummer Hüseyin Ertunç was a pretty interesting painter as well. His drawings are on the cover of the first edition of the Phill Musra on Intex as well as his own title on the label.

[T.D.]

I've often seen Marion Brown referred to as a "visual artist" among other things, but never saw any examples of his work.

Courtesy of Google, I found one image:

http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-painter-named-marion-brown.html

A comment there says "A number of his paintings & drawings (& poetry too) can be seen in the book "Recollections" by Marion Brown (Jas Publikationen 1984)", but I can't verify.

Maybe MB did some of his own album covers? I didn't think so, but will have to check.

Edited May 10, 2023 by T.D.

[sidewinder]

5 hours ago, soulpope said:

https://magazine.artland.com/the-other-miles-davis-the-paintings-of-the-jazz-prince-of-darkness/

Brings back memories. I saw that Cork St, London exhibit of the Miles art shown on the Jo Gelbart video clip.

Edited May 10, 2023 by sidewinder

[Dmitry]

In her later years, Jutta Hipp made a living selling her pictures on the streets of NYC. I have a couple of her watercolors.

 

Edited May 10, 2023 by Dmitry

[optatio]

1 hour ago, T.D. said:

I've often seen Marion Brown referred to as a "visual artist" among other things, but never saw any examples of his work.

Courtesy of Google, I found one image:

http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-painter-named-marion-brown.html

A comment there says "A number of his paintings & drawings (& poetry too) can be seen in the book "Recollections" by Marion Brown (Jas Publikationen 1984)", but I can't verify.

Maybe MB did some of his own album covers? I didn't think so, but will have to check.

Marion Brown

https://discog.piezoelektric.org/marionbrown/paintings.html

https://discog.piezoelektric.org/marionbrown/exhibitions.html

[Justin V]

Trumpeter Ian Carey also is an artist.  He did this cover for his album, for example.

[sgcim]

Jimmy Raney painted, he even named an album "In Three Degrees".

The most fascinating story about a jazz musician who paints is Bob Bruno.

He was born into a musical family, his father was a composer/trumpet player, who left the family to further his career as a composer (wound up writing for Disney).

Bob had these weird nightmares as a kid (he was playing in bars since the age of Five!) that had very dissonant music and abstract figures and shapes. He tried to paint the dreams shapes and figures, but he never heard the music till he heard Albert Ayler for the first time. Here's hours of his art, with his music

https://superdreamer.webs.com/temppaintii.htm

Edited May 10, 2023 by sgcim

[T.D.]

Not sure if Anthony Braxton's diagrams / graphic scores qualify.

Edited May 11, 2023 by T.D.

[Chuck Nessa]

No mention of Wadada Leo Smith yet?

or Oliver Lake -

Edited May 11, 2023 by Chuck Nessa

[Dmitry]

What about those hand-painted Sun Ra Arkestra LP covers?

I am buying this book to find out more.

https://rappcats.com/products/sun-ra-art-on-saturn

[clifford_thornton]

13 hours ago, optatio said:

Marion Brown

https://discog.piezoelektric.org/marionbrown/paintings.html

https://discog.piezoelektric.org/marionbrown/exhibitions.html

Yes, you're right about Brown. I've heard of but not seen that 1984 book.

The hand-decorated Ra covers are cool, some designed by Ra himself while others were designed by Arkestra members. It's a little difficult to parse who did what. I've never seen anything outside the realm of album/broadside design.

[Simon8]

Jason Moran is also a visual artist: Jason Moran - Artists - Luhring Augustine

[optatio]

https://www.galeriezurcher.com/the-art-of-counterpoint-8-musicians-make-art-november-10-2022-january-10-2023

See digital edition:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5db4974f6420426c488ba9ff/t/63890e34a1a30949a01827ee/1669926456361/The+Art+of+Counterpoint+Catalogue+2nd+Edition+compressed.pdf

[Peter Friedman]

Jane Getz

[clifford_thornton]

didn't know about Jane Getz' visual art.

[optatio]

Gunter Hampel

http://gunterhampelmusic.de/?page_id=123

[adh1907]

21 hours ago, Dmitry said:

In her later years, Jutta Hipp made a living selling her pictures on the streets of NYC. I have a couple of her watercolors.

 

Wow, interesting. Where in NYC was she selling them and how did you come across her?  I assume the paintings were not expensive. 
 

Anthony 

London

[Gheorghe]

It´s said that the "painting" on the cover of Ornette Coleman´s "Empty Foxhole" was done by Ornette Coleman himself. 

 

[optatio]

On 5/10/2023 at 6:28 PM, mikeweil said:

Guitarist Volker Kriegel, also cartoons and children's books, IIRC.

 

[optatio]

On 5/10/2023 at 6:28 PM, mikeweil said:

What about Daniel Humair ... ?

Taken from the booklet by Daniel Humair: Quatre Fois Trois. Label Bleu LBLC 6619/20 [1998]