This extraordinary book celebrates Jim Marshall's unique talent and
lifelong desire to "capture the perfect moment".-- "L'Oeil de la
Photographie"
it seems Jazz is the most visual of aural mediums.-- "BBC Radio
London, Robert Elms Show"
A master of music photography, Marshall assiduously shot jazz
festivals offstage and on in Newport and Monterey, California
throughout the early 1960s with his trademark mix of backstage
access and fly-on-the-wall candor. This largely unseen trove
reveals a bygone culture of cool, its players and denizens, with
striking immediacy.--Jack Crager "American Photo"
An in-depth trawl through the photographer's work...a breathtaking
photographic trip through those legendary, barrier-breaking
festival years--Jon Newey "Jazzwise"
Before he was a famous rock photographer, Jim Marshall photographed
jazz, covering the festivals in Newport, Rhode Island and Monterey,
California in the 1960s and photographing the biggest stars along
with their deeply hip audience-- "Photo District News"
It's a given that Marshall had technique and then some. But the
fact that he knew many of these musicians and loved their music was
also an important metaphysical element.--Alllan Campbell "BBC
Arts"
Jazz Festival acts as an insight into decidedly rare cultural
miscegenation for the time period - captured with a lightness of
touch at odds with the photographer's reputation for bullishness...
Jim Marshall managed to get the kind of access most photographers
can only dream about.--Jacob Brookman "British Journal of
Photography"
Jazz Festival is not a nostaligic yearning for the past, but a
celebration of the continuing cultural craze for all things
relating to Modern Jazz and Ivy Look clothing... You can almost
feel the sun's warming rays and an ocean breeze emanating from Jim
Marshall's evocative photographs in this book.--Graham Marsh "Port
Magazine"
Marshall's shimmering photographs of those lazy summer days when
the giants of jazz mingled with the crowd won't be seen as just a
celebration of their music. It'll be the epitaph for an era.--John
Blake "CNN"
Photographer Jim Marshall's black-and-white shots taken at the
Newport and Monterey jazz festivals during the 1960s capture an era
that can't be ignored.-- "Rolling Stone"
Reel Art Press prides itself in its exceptional taste, curatorial
eye, and eclectic selection of material. Without a doubt, Jim
Marshall: Jazz Festival is a title in which they may take great
pride.--Michael J. McCann "NY Journal of Books"
The shots of the musicians performing are great, but one of the
best things about Marshall's work and this book in particular is
all the backstage scenes and crowd shots that make you feel like
you're in the thick of things. It's a wonderful documentation of
what is arguably one of the pinnacles of American music.--Mark
Murrmann "Mother Jones"
When Marshall's democratic camera captured the young, relaxed,
supremely stylish and racially mixed audiences that the jazz giants
were attracting, at least on the east and west coasts, he was
chronicling a brief utopian moment amid the gathering storm of
protest and often violent reprisal that would define the civil
rights era of the early-to-mid 1960s.--Sean O'Hagan "The Guardian"
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