#Reid Miles

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Model Beside Notre Dame's Gargoyle Le Penseur by Reid Miles, 1964

[henk-heijmans]

Model beside Notre Dame's gargoyle "Le penseur", Paris, 1964 - by Reid Miles (1927 - 1993), American

[vinyl-artwork]

Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins and Frank Foster, Monk, 1982. Design by Reid Miles. Typography by Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola.

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[lascitasdelashoras]

Woody Allen por Reid Miles

[arterrorist]

Blue Note is not only responsible for all this fabulous jazz music from 50s and 60s but also for a groundbreaking sleeve designs. Reid Miles quickly became one of my favourite artist designing record covers and I’m delighted to have this beauty 🥰

[jazzdailyblog]

Illuminating Hard Bop: A Deep Dive into Dizzy Reece's "Star Bright"

Introduction: In the rich tapestry of jazz history, numerous gems sparkle with the brilliance of the genre’s most dynamic periods. One such gem is “Star Bright,” a stellar album by Jamaican trumpeter Dizzy Reece, recorded in 1959 and released by Blue Note Records in March 1960. This record stands as a testament to Reece’s talent and the extraordinary synergy of his accompanying musicians.…

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[unfilodaria]

Model Beside Notre Dame's Gargoyle Le Penseur - © Reid Miles, 1964.

[speakspeak]

Hank Mobley — Blue Note 1568

[jazznoisehere]

Sam Rivers: "A New Conception" (Blue Note, 1966)

Cover Design & Photography by Reid Miles

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Wayne Shorter  – “Night Dreamer” vinyl cover (1964)

Photography by Francis Wolff Cover Design by Reid Miles

“What I'm trying to express here is a sense of judgment approaching – judgment for everything alive from the smallest ant to man. I know that the accepted meaning of ‘Armageddon’ is the last battle between good and evil – whatever it is. But my definition of the judgment to come is a period of total enlightenment in which we will discover what we are and why we're here.”

Wayne Shorter † March 2, 2023.

[archivist-dragonfly]

Book 460

Blue Note 2: The Album Cover Art

Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham, eds.

Chronicle Books 1997

During its heyday, from around 1955 throughout the 60s, Blue Note Records had an absolutely staggering roster of jazz artists recording for them and established a design identity for their records that would come to epitomize style. Reid Miles (1927-1993) was hired to design Blue Note’s record sleeves in 1955, and for the next twelve years he would design over 500 album covers, most of which incorporated the incredible session photography of Blue Note’s co-chief, Francis Wolff. With bold modern type, shapes, and colors, Miles helped define Blue Note as the home of cool, and his designs look as fresh and modern today as they did over fifty years ago. Now, you might be wondering why I haven’t posted the first volume of Blue Note covers. Well, I left it in the office at my previous job, and I really don’t want to go back for it. But the reason I took it there in the first place was because we were going to publish a book about jazz, and so I brought the book in so our designer had a visual reference for the kind of cover we were looking for. My point being that the Blue Note look is still being referenced—and outright copied—to this day.

[vinyl-artwork]

Herbie Hancock - My Point of View, 1963.

Cover photo & design by Reid Miles.

[mcntsee]

me when I reach the angst part of the angsty fic that I specifically chose for the angst

[capfly]

Blue Note Album Covers