Invitation To Openness The Jazz & Soul Photography Of Les McCann 1960-1980 [Hardcover]

Throughout Les McCanns incredible jazz career, he took hundreds of photosat clubs, studios, and festivals around the worldand documented the vibrant cultural life of jazz and soul between 1960 and 1980. These photos include a very young Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sammy Davis Jr., John Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson, Richard Pryor, Quincy Jones, Tina Turner, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, B.B. King, Errol Garner, Stanley Clarke, Bill Evans, Lionel Hampton, and other black celebrities, such as Bill Cosby, Muhammed Ali, and Stokely Carmichael to name but a few. These photos are characterized by their intimacy, and the cross-section of names listed is merely the tip of the iceberg. The book features candid commentary by McCann himself and is curated by Pat Thomas (If McCann never touched a piano in his life, hed likely still have become famous as a photographer. The proof is in his new book,?One of the most thoroughly enjoyable parts of the book?This collects the photographs of legendary musician Les McCann; he documented the jazz scene and its playersNina Simone, John Coltrane, Count Basie, and many othersfrom the inside, across several decades.