Ancestors

Written by Alan Bucknam on 2025-01-07 at 14:46

Starting a thread of nicely-designed jazz album covers.

(Thanks to the @kuvo_playlist bot for posting tracks with album art as Denver’s jazz station plays ‘em.)

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Written by Alan Bucknam on 2025-01-07 at 14:53

Classic Sonny, love the 70s vibes here.

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Written by Alan Bucknam on 2025-01-07 at 15:12

The Modern Jazz Quartet goes graphically bold and blocky

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Toot

Written by Alan Bucknam on 2025-01-07 at 16:29

Charette’s cover harkens back to some of the classic Blue Note covers

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Descendants

Written by Alan Bucknam on 2025-01-07 at 19:22

I don’t know what this says but graphically it’s 🔥

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Written by Alan Bucknam on 2025-01-08 at 00:45

Lee Morgan’s covers are nearly all amazing. Blame Blue Note for that. #jazz #graphicdesign

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Written by Alan Bucknam on 2025-01-08 at 05:11

This has most of the Blue Note design elements: overlaid colors, bold typography, high contrast, graphic imagery. They’ve done a nice job of carrying their founding aesthetic forward through the decades.

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Written by Alan Bucknam on 2025-01-09 at 13:48

This one has some nice energy. Note the non-parallel spacing between the edge of the photo and the baseline of the text above it. #jazz #graphicdesign

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Written by Alan Bucknam on 2025-01-10 at 16:13

In the class of album covers that is “saxophonists holding their saxophone” this one stands out for its simplicity and excellent use of typography, also keeping the letterforms inside the musician’s profile. #jazz #graphicdesign

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