Comments on: Win A Free Collectible: Blue Note Cover Art

By: Horace Silver on Recording for Blue Note Records | jazzcollector.com

Horace Silver on Recording for Blue Note Records | jazzcollector.com — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:00:36 +0000

[…] we’re still in the midst of the contest to give away the book: Blue Note The Album Cover Art. To be eligible to win this book — free, we even pay for shipping — all you have to do is […]

By: Hyder

Hyder — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:43:25 +0000

Greetings from Singapore!
i am a jazz fan collecting mainly Japan blue note.
just cam eback from Tokyo record shopping!
Thanks for a great website!
well done!

By: Michel

Michel — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:46:03 +0000

Well, it is a book about jazz covers…And quite disappointing one, IMO. It features jazz covers from every field and every era of Jazz :despite its title the comments are somewhat hesitating between music comments and design considerations : nothing of the two aspects is really satisfactory. But the book is of itnterest. Of course, as usual, (too) many Japanese or cheap reissues. In many other aspects (design, photography, fashion) Taschen is a furiously hype editor…curiously, this book is not. This is only my opinion, anyway. here’s the link :

http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/popculture/all/01899/facts.jazz_covers.htm

By: Rudolf A. Flinterman

Rudolf A. Flinterman — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:27:53 +0000

Michel, what is the “Taschen”? No doubt a German pocket book, as the name says. But what are the particulars of this book?

By: Troy Grooms

Troy Grooms — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:42:53 +0000

Whenever you are feeling assured over the extent of your Blue Note collection just open this book. “Oh, I have that, and that, but don’t have that, or that, of that one, ohh, I NEED that one!”

I remember the first time I thumbed through a friend’s copy of this book. Lovely cover art, and excellent reference to remind you to spin a forgotten LP, or seek out one you are not familiar with. I found the following excellent Blue Note titles with the aid of this book – J. R. Monterose – “J. R. Monterose,” Grachan Moncur’s “Evolution,” and Hank Mobley’s “Workout”. Lovely, lovely book!

By: Cory Weeds

Cory Weeds — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:43:37 +0000

Just wanted to say how much I love the site. I don’t visit nearly enough but promise to start coming by more often. Good work!

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:22:22 +0000

This is a fine book : fine pictures, appropriate size, sharp colors. Anyway, many covers pictured are in fact, cheap reissues, japanese, or Liberty pressings. And the original design is somewhat altered on any of them. It would have been easy to find collecors to provide the real ones. This books suffers of the same problem as the Taschen for example. An accurate book about jazz covers remain to be done.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:40:23 +0000

Awesome giveaway and great site!