Photographer:

Wolff, Francis, 1907?-1971  Search this

Donor:

Cuscuna, Michael  Search this

Mosaic Images  Search this

Names:

Blue Note Records  Search this

Fuller, Curtis, 1934-  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Wolff, Francis, 1907?-1971  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (paper 20" x 16".; Silver gelatin on paper, 36.5 x 36.0 cm. on)

Container:

Box 1

Culture:

African Americans  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Later prints

Photographs

Date:

June 16, 1957

1957

Scope and Contents:

Curtis Fuller at his June 16, 1957 session for "The Opener" at the Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey. Recording session with Mobley, Timmons, Chambers, Taylor. Fuller plays trombone and smoke curls above his head. This photograph became the album's cover image.

Local Numbers:

AC1238-0000001 (AC Scan)

Exhibitions Note:

Displayed in "The Blue Note Photographs of Francis Wolff," National Museum of American History, April 1-June 30, 2016; David Haberstich, curator.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Copyright held by Michael Cuscuna, Mosaic Records.

Topic:

Smoke  Search this

Trombone  Search this

Jazz musicians -- 1950-2000 -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Later prints

Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin

Collection Citation:

Francis Wolff Jazz Photoprints, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of Michael Cuscuna.

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Francis Wolff Jazz Photoprints

Francis Wolff Jazz Photoprints / Series 1: Photoprints / Curtis Fuller at his June 16, 1957 session for "The Opener" (Blue Note) at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J. This became the album's cover image. (Missing)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81d9e9780-3980-4de2-8798-6def8b4ed544

EDAN-URL:

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