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And all that jazz: innovative album covers from the 1950s on – in pictures

In a new Taschen book Jazz Covers, a range of striking and colourful album artworks showcase a long-running relationship between the worlds of design and jazz music, from Archie Shepp to Duke Ellington

Main image: Archie Shepp, The Way Ahead, released on Impulse Records in 1968. Design by Robert and Barbara Flynn. Photograph: Taschen

Fri 16 Apr 2021 10.01 EDT Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 11.01 EDT

  • Roy Ayers – Virgo Vibes

    Released by Atlantic in 1967 with cover design from Haig A’Dishian and illustration from Dick Luppi

  • Sarah Vaughan – The Explosive Side of ...

    Released by Columbia in 1963

  • Archie Shepp – The Way Ahead

    Released by Impulse in 1968 with cover design from Robert & Barbara Flynn

  • Four Freshmen – Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones

    Released by Capitol in 1955

  • Duke Ellington – Anatomy of a Murder

    Released by Columbia in 1959 with cover design from Saul Bass and photography from Sam Leavitt

  • Lee Morgan – The Rumproller

    Released by Blue Note in 1966

  • Donald Byrd – A New Perspective

    Released by Blue Note in 1964 with cover design and photography from Reid Miles

  • Fritz Pauer – Live at the Berlin ‘Jazz Galerie’

    Released by MPS in 1978 with design from Heyqlow Kobayashi and illustration from Masakatsu Kobayashi

  • Cal Tjader – Along Comes Cal

    Released by Verve in 1967 with design from Lehman and cover art from Jo Grey and Marvin Hayes

  • The Keith Tippett Group – Dedicated to You, But You Weren’t Listening

    Released by Repertoire in 1971 with design from Roger & Martyn Dean

  • Archie Shepp – The Magic of Ju-Ju

    Released by Impulse in 1967 with design from Rogert & Barbara Flynn and photography from William E Levy
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