It's a jazz thing
-
Lee Konitz (alto saxophone) and Art Farmer (trumpet) rehearsing in their hotel room, 1989. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum -
South-African jazz musicians Chris McGregor (piano) with Sonti Mnebele (vocals), 1989. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum -
The American drummer Elvin Jones with dancer Roberta Escamilla Garrison,1968 (left) and saxophonist Jimmy Lyons in his dressing room, 1981. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum -
Italian drummer Aldo Romano carrying the French jazz composer and pianist Michel Petrucciani, 1991. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum -
Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and his musicians on their way to their hotel in Nîmes, 1984. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum -
Toots Thielemans (harmonica and guitar) at home with his dog "Duke", 1990 (left) and Don Cherry (trumpet) with his stepdaughter Neneh Cherry, 1969. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum -
Bassist Charles Mingus leaves Marseille-Marignane's airport the day after a Charlie Mingus Quartet concert in Chateauvallon, 1976. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum -
Sonny Rollins at the Royal Monceau Hotel in Paris, 1993. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum -
Saxophonist John Coltrane on a television documentary, 1990. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum -
Trumpet player Miles Davis at the Pleyel Concert Hall, 1969 (left) and the shadow of American musician John Zorn (alto saxophone and clarinets), 1987. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum -
Violonists Jean-Luc Ponty, Joe Venuti and Teddy Martin of the Georges Wein Newport All Stars at the Salle Pleyel, 1969. Guy Le Querrec / Magnum
Magnum photographer Guy Le Querrec captures the essence of the giants of jazz. An exhibition of his work, Jazz from J to ZZ, was on display at the 2012 Montreux Jazz Festival.
This content was published on July 3, 2012 - 11:00The collection featured 60 black and white photos from 1964-2004 of some of the leading jazz musicians past and present both on stage and in their everyday lives.
This article was automatically imported from our old content management system. If you see any display errors, please let us know: community-feedback@swissinfo.ch
Contributions under this article have been turned off. You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here. Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.