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Mosaic Records Stamford, CT.
Mosaic Editions Brochure #4 1991
The Photography of Francis Wolff
John Coltrane - Sonny Rollins - Art Blakey
Written by Alan Goodman Production: Jessica Wolf
Produced by Fred/Alan Inc., NY: http://fredalan.org
More here: http://fredalan.org/tagged/mosaic
Mosaic Records Stamford, CT.
Mosaic Editions Brochure #4 1991
The Photography of Francis Wolff
John Coltrane - Sonny Rollins - Art Blakey
Written by Alan Goodman Production: Jessica Wolf
Produced by Fred/Alan Inc., NY: http://fredalan.org
More here: http://fredalan.org/tagged/mosaic
Mosaic Records Stamford, CT.
Mosaic Editions Brochure #4 1991
The Photography of Francis Wolff
John Coltrane - Sonny Rollins - Art Blakey
Written by Alan Goodman Production: Jessica Wolf
Produced by Fred/Alan Inc., NY: http://fredalan.org
NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME
YOU CAN SEE, OWN AND
DISPLAY JAZZ HISTORY IN
THE FORM OF
LIMITED-EDITION,
MUSEUM-QUALITY
FRANCIS WOLFF PHOTOGRAPHS.ABOUT THE
FRANCIS WOLFF
COLLECTION
obody has ever documented an
era more lovingly. or more thoroughly,
than Blue Note founders Alfred Lion and
Francis (Frank) Wolff. The era that they
chronicle
: the inception and rise of
in America.
was the music. He recorded
a staggering array of seminal jazz artists
from 1939 through 1967.
Wolff's contribution to history was more
subtle but n . Using a
hand-held Leica or Rolleiflex camera, he
too recorded every Blue Note artist for pos-
terity. Yet Wolff never considered
himself an archivist. He took pictures sim-
ply because he loved doin
the days of 78s in pl
paper sleeves, before there appeared to be
any use for his photographs, Wolff and his
camera were a
Blue Note session. Whether attempting to
fade into the wallpaper, or blatantly seek-
ing out the combination of light,
angle and sion to capture an artist's
spirit, Francis Wolff never mis
opportunity to indulge hi
life... mu
Even du
ed an
two passions in
: and photography,
of the LP, a new oppor-
novation arose, and
300 of Francis Wolff's jazz photographs
were artfully cropped, integrated with
typography and given nmortality as
Blue Note album covers.
More than 5000 others went into a file
never to see the light of day in
any shape or form until Mosaic began pub:
lishing a few of them in its booklets.
drawer...
UNCOVERING A LOS
TREASURE
Wolff began his career as a photographer,
but once Blue Note was under way he found
himself inundated with racts,
1 the day
ing record la
finances to-day operation of a
ered
photogra-
himself a record executive first, 3
pher only as a means of supplying Bh
Note ri
exhibi
ses with cover art. The idea of
ng. or compiling a book of his
photographs. was never given
nsideration.
unpublish
serious ¢
With his death in 1971 Francis Wolff's
entire collection of priceless photogray
went to his Blue Note partner and child-
hood friend, Alfred Lion. For
couldn't bear to go near them, Tt was
when Lion formed a warm friendship
with the principals of Mosaic Records that
f the original Blue Nc
ly became aware that this treasure
ears Lion
only
e outsidetrove of Francis Wolff photographs still
existed.
After Alfred Lion passed away, his wife,
Ruth, turned the photographs over to
inistrate. We at
ing through the wealth
Mosaic to organize and ad
Mosaic spent days
of visual images. Here were literally thou-
sands of never-before-seen photographs of
everyone from Ike Quebec and Sidney
Bechet to John Coltrane and Andrew Hill.
The photographs most appropriate to
upcoming Mosaic reissues of Blue Note ses-
sions have been set aside for that purpose.
Many of the rest will eventually be pub-
lished in a long-overdue hardcover collec-
tion. And three of the most striking and
historically significant photographs are now
being made available to jazz lovers and art
collectors the world over in two limited edi-
tion configurations as the first offering by
our new offshoot, Mosaic Editions.
ABOUT THESE
PHOTOGRAPHS
Each of the three classic Blue Note album
cover photographs we've chosen to launch
Mosaic Editions with will be instantly rec-
ognizable, and have special significance. to
every long-time collector of jazz recordings.
“Frank, you're clicking
on my record!”
ALFRED LION,
DURING A BLUE NOTE RECORDING SESSION,
CIRCA 1956THE COLTRANE LEGACY
THAT GOT AWAY
Jazz lovers have oral agreement Lion paid Coltrane a small
meee wondered forover — on-the-spot advance. But a short time later
0 yea what Coltrane was offered a firm written con-
if John Coltrane tract with Prestige, and he signe All
had signed with might have been lost for Lion if ‘ane
Blue Note
of F
it almost ha
pened. Up at the Blue Note offi
idney Bechet records, Coltrane
deal by Alfred
instead hadn't volunteered to honor h
Well, ment to Blue Note and record one album
for the label.
up son
iantly conceived and executed
Blue
was offered a reed
LionPo
only ev
» Note/Colt
have sounded and lc
photograph, taken Septembe
i
severely cropped for the album cover. The
ph as released by Mosaic Editions
er been shown to the public
Edition limited to 50 numbered and
authenticated custom-processed photo-
graphic prints and 3000 numbered photo
graphic reproduction posters worldwide
THE FRANCIS WOLFE
COLLECTION
JOHN
COLTRANECAPTL
JRING A
COLOSSUS
In 1957 Sonny
Rollins was a
busy man at the
top of his ga
In addition to
winding down his
stint with Max
Roach, he was
playing in the Miles Davis group, forming
and
his first band as a leade
four Blue Note albums th;
establish his rey
would further
ie
on as one of the
time masters of the tenor saxophone.
‘ording the
It's safe to assume that Francis Wolff was
fat the April 1d
session for Sonny Rollins Vol.
what
1957,
all Blue Note ses:
place in the living room-
tt
And here,
asy hims
Like
took
s of that er
optometr
Geld:
nh
leading Thi
Johnson, Horace Silver.
‘ophons
cords, was Roll
Chambers and Art Blakey into ja:
The pensive, moody shot of Sonny Roll
used for the album cover showed him in arelaxed moment, between takes, in Van
It is unquestionably on
cis Wolff's masterpieces
Edition limited to 50 numbered and
authenticated custom-processed photo.
graphic prints and 3000 numbered photo
graphic reproduction posters worldwide
of
SONNY
ROLLINSJUST
A DRUMMER?
THE TRUTH ABOUT
ART BLAKEY
Art Blakey
never wrote a
tune... yet
there are scores
of Blakey tunes.
He didn't play
a melodie or
chordal instru-
. yet he brought life and shape to
ment .
every tune and every sideman who passed
through h
s Art Blakey literally com
. pacing the d
dr
mi
tension and re
composition with just the right punctuation
and drama. His sound reached beyond
the drums to encompass every facet of
that came from the Jazz
the musi
r, which began with Blue Note in the
late 40s, was riding high. After some 20
albums as a leader, he recorded with one
of the greatest editions of the Jazz
Messengers ever, featuring Lee Morgan,
Wayne Shorter and Bobby Ti
As F ik Wolff's lens peered thr ugh the
drum set. Blakey's infectious joy of play
Art Blakey
ing was never more evident.THE FRANCIS WOLFF
COLLECTION
Print dimen
man alive when he was
was the happie
d that photograph captured the
Cropped and tinted, it became the
for The Big Beat, the album that
dary band a
such jazz standards as "Dat Di
"Lester Left Town." Mosaic's photograph, ART
untinted, BLAKEY
Blakey and the sj
nothing else.
playing.
mi
cov
ed a le well as
introdu
nd
Edition limited to 50 numbered and
authenticated custom-processed photo-
graphic prints and 3000 numbered photo:
graphic reproduction posters worldwide.THIS OFFERING
THE POSTER
pture every nuance of Franc
Wolff's photographic originals, Mosaic
Editions has gone to one of the premier fine
arts presses in America, Eastern Press, the
printer of choice to such prestigious and
demanding organizations as the
Smithsonian Institution, the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of
Modern Art, the Metropolit
Art and the Japan Society.
in Museum of
The paper used for our photographic
reproduction posters is heavyweight,
Grade #1 coated, archival acid-free stock.
Mosaic posters will not yellow or deterio-
rate during your lifetime . . . or even your
grandchildren's lifetimes. The poster
image is reproduced using a special
scanned duotone process with the colors
black and gray. Though more expensive
than straight single-color reproduction,
this process allows richer lights and shad-
ings, giving the photographic image more
“snap." Each poster in our limited edition
of 3000 is individually numbered and.
comes with a stamp of authenticity. The
dimension: 23 5/8" x 31 1/2". The price:$40.
THE PRINT
For connoisseurs of fine photographic art
are also offering an extremely limited
n of 50 photographie prints, each one
individually processed to archival stan-
dards by Master Printer Chuck Kelton.
This time-consuming processing regimen,
previously employed by Mr. Kelton while
working with such photographers as Ansel
Adams, involves a costly chemical washing
process to neutralize all acids, and sele-
nium toning to enhance the photograph's
natural tones. Each museum-worthy, cus-
tom-processed photographic print is num-
bered, and comes with a stamp of
authenticity signed by Mr. Kelton. The
dimension; 11" x 14", The price: $500.
These limited editions are numbered,
authenticated and authorized by the
estate of Alfred Lion. Order now. It is
expected that this first-ever Mosaic
ickly. Be
ument to
photography of Francis Wol
placing your order today.
Editions offering will sell out q'
assured of owning a lasting mor
the ja:ART FOR JAZZ’S SAKE
TES
From the beginning. jazz lovers have
nted, inno-
nt-garde photography, illus
dalb
come to expect, and take for
vative and av
tration and design on their r
Maybe then it stands to reason that it
took the art world, not the jazz world, to
elevate the works of William Claxton,
Herman Leonard, William Gottlieb.
Charles Peterson, Charles Stewart and
Francis Wolff to new heights of si
monetary worth.
und.
Well, what goes around comes ar
In the past couple of years Mosaic has been
re
iving a growing number of requests
from customers for more photographs like
the ones we publish in our booklets. But
unlike requests for music. we've been at a
loss as to where to send jazz. lo ter-
in high-quality jazz-related art.
sted
When the entire body of Francis Wolff
photographs became available to us, we
knew we had our answer. With the cre-
ation of M. phic
reprodu
cessed photographie p
Mosaie's uncompr
aie Editions, photo
tion posters and custom-pro-
ints that abide by
ing standards will
allow those of us committed to jazz to sat-
isfy and display our passion as never
hefore.
Lt 2 habs Ga
Michael Cuscuna Ch
lie LouriMOSAIC EDITIONS
PROMISES
QD:
portant Photographers
Mosaic Editions posters and prints will con-
centrate on the handful of inspired photog-
raphers who defined the "look" of
all time.
2. Historie Photographs of Major Jazz.
Artists
Each Mosaic E
sents a meaningful artist whose music
tions reprodu
ion repre-
helped shape jazz history.
3. Powerful Visuals
These are exciting images that capture
exactly what the photographer saw through
the lens.
pcessor and
s that our research has been
turn up. Every Mosaie phot
graphic reprodui
ssed photographie print is fully guar-
d to be of archival quality, to bring
aghout your lifetime.
n poster and custom-
pros
you pleasure thr:
5. Numbered Limited Editions
Each Mosaic photographic reproduction
poster is numbered and limited to an edi-
tion of 3000 worldwide. Custom-proc
photographic prints are numbered, authen-
ticated by the proc
edition of 50 worldwide.
ssed
or and limited to an
6. Value
They
for app!
we charge are almost unheard of
iating works of art.
conditional Guarantee
If for any reason you are not pleased with
yo
poster or print, you
nd.
may return
mplete
8. Easy Ore
Ord
or fax. Pay with
‘k or money
A or Master.
order in U.S.HOW TO ORDER
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‘We would like to ship all U.S. orders by UPS (it
safer). To do so we need a street address evenif it's a business.
2, Select photographic prints or posters and total your order.
Please add the following for shipping and handling:
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‘umber, so please have it ready.
e290“Few things in life are so
uniquely original as to be instantly
recognizable. There's the singular
look of a painting by Picasso,
the one and only sound of a
Stravinsky symphony or the
unmistakable mise-en-scene of a
film by Renoir. And then there
is Blue Note records.”
“Stylistically, Wolff's photos are
gracefully composed and full of
shadow, his subjects faces often
floating up out of an inky
background.”
“Wolff was a gifted
photographer whose candid style
belied a trained and disciplined
eye. Neither a “decisive moment”
advocate like Cartier-Bresson
nor a seeker of monumental
photographic themes like Eugene
Smith, Wolff's talent lay in
capturing his subjects’
personalities through subtleties:
a telling expression or gesture that
helped reveal the man behind
the musician.”
“A large part of the
recognition factor was due to the
outstanding photographs —
intimate, elegant, mostly
monochrome images of the jazz
lions of the day — by a Berlin-born
refugee from Nazi Germany
named Francis Wolff.”
“Without harboring any
preconceived visual concepts,
he approached each session
determined just to capture the
best possible shot.”
“Over the years Wolff shot... a
body of work that can stand
comparison with any collection of
jazz photographs, yet his ouevre
was largely taken for granted
during his lifetime, and Wolff
received little recognition.”
“Ki inally, after too many years
of languishing in obscurity, his
photographic legacy will once more
be brought into the public eye.”
E29
Reprinted with permission from Darkroom Photography Magazine