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Jazz musicians who also paint and sculpt.


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I have a large format calendar with his works - portraits of famous musicians based on photographs. I even had two of them framed in the living room for a while.

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http://www.iliev.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/03/joosClarke.jpg

http://www.iliev.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/03/joosLewis40x60

https://www.booklooker.de/Bücher/Michael-Naura-Herbert-Joos+Miles-An-illustrated-Portrait/id/A02yHYBA01ZZb

https://www.kind-of-blue.de/seiten/joos.htm

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On 5/11/2023 at 5:01 PM, adh1907 said:

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

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Good question. I'm just repeating what I've read. A biography of Jutta Hipp has recently came out in Germany...in German.

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31395846292&searchurl=sortby%3D17%26tn%3Djutta%2Bhipp&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1

Here's my favorite of the three pictures of hers that I have. It's the Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park, NYC. 

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Interestingly, in the summer months, the site hosted many music acts, including jazz. 

 Program notes and ads in the New York Times showed “Jazz Under the Stars” at the Wollman Memorial Theatre in Central Park for fifteen consecutive days, from July 28 through August 11, 1957, with such stars as Billie Holiday, Chris Connor, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, Buddy Rich, Dinah Washington, Lionel Hampton, Dave Brubeck, and Maynard Ferguson, with commentary by Jean Shepherd and Al “Jazzbo” Collins. 
https://shepquest.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/jean-shepherd-chart-and-all-that-jazz/

Some of her artworks? including portraits of jazz greats, are held in the collection of the Institute for Jazz Studies at  Rutgers University.
https://archives.libraries.rutgers.edu/repositories/6/resources/194

 

 

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8 hours ago, Dmitry said:

Good question. I'm just repeating what I've read. A biography of Jutta Hipp has recently came out in Germany...in German.

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31395846292&searchurl=sortby%3D17%26tn%3Djutta%2Bhipp&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1

Here's my favorite of the three pictures of hers that I have. It's the Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park, NYC. 

73E13C56-C146-4E52-8811-DDF1626C92F1_1_105_c

Interestingly, in the summer months, the site hosted many music acts, including jazz. 

 Program notes and ads in the New York Times showed “Jazz Under the Stars” at the Wollman Memorial Theatre in Central Park for fifteen consecutive days, from July 28 through August 11, 1957, with such stars as Billie Holiday, Chris Connor, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, Buddy Rich, Dinah Washington, Lionel Hampton, Dave Brubeck, and Maynard Ferguson, with commentary by Jean Shepherd and Al “Jazzbo” Collins. 
https://shepquest.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/jean-shepherd-chart-and-all-that-jazz/

Some of her artworks? including portraits of jazz greats, are held in the collection of the Institute for Jazz Studies at  Rutgers University.
https://archives.libraries.rutgers.edu/repositories/6/resources/194

 

 

Thanks Dmitry. I have walked past that ice rink but didn’t know it had been used for jazz concerts in the 50s. Cool to have one of Jutta’s paintings.

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On 5/21/2023 at 11:37 AM, colinmce said:

The great and rather mysterious alto player Claude Lawrence has a wonderful youtube channel that features his playing and painting. He has only a few recordings with The Last Poets, Sirone, William Hooker, and an underheard trio date on CIMP with Wilbur Morris and Denis Charles.

https://www.youtube.com/@clawrencemx/videos

Oooh, I'm intrigued based on the company he keeps.  Thanks for bringing him to my attention.

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