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Herman Leonard

In the late 1940’s, Herman Leonard’s passion for jazz brought him to the swinging clubs of Broadway, 52nd Street and Harlem. With the camera as his free ticket, he photographed and developed friendships with some of the greats of jazz history including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and many more.

A year’s apprenticeship with Yousuf Karsh provided invaluable experience photographing the likes of Albert Einstein, Harry S. Truman and Clark Gable. In 1956 Leonard was chosen to be Marlon Brando’s personal photographer for an extensive research trip to the Far East. In the late 1950’s Leonard headed for Paris where he worked in fashion and advertising and served as the European photographer for Playboy Magazine.

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC has honored him by housing an entire collection of his personal archives of musical history. President Clinton presented a portfolio of Leonard’s prints as an official gift from the United States government to a fellow musician, The King of Thailand. The jazz photographs of Herman Leonard appear as a companion to the great musicians who created the unique sounds of America’s original art form.

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In the Best Possible Light: Herman Leonard's Jazz

Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Morrison Hotel Gallery showcase a free art exhibition entitled In the Best Possible Light: Herman Leonard's Jazz. The exhibition and sale is open to the public and features masterworks in black and white photography by Herman Leonard, whose pictures of jazz icons Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and Thelonious Monk, among many others, make him the dean of jazz photographers.

This show includes more than forty classic black and white photographs of jazz icons. All photos in this exhibit are available for sale through the Morrison Hotel Gallery. Sales representatives from the gallery are available in a designated area prior to all Jazz at Lincoln Center performances throughout the duration of the exhibition.

The exhibition and sale will run from October 13, 2009 through April 14, 2010 at Peter Jay Sharp Arcade, 5th floor, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY.

Check out this great review of Herman Leonard's show and sale in Vanity Fair's on-line magazine.
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Sizes: Color: Black and White Type: Promotional Image Edition of: Open Edition Signed

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