Album: Wall Art

Description: Leadbelly, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948. Photo by William P. Gottlieb

Description: Eric Dolphy (left) and John Coltrane taken by Herb Snitzer during a performance at the Village Gate in New York in 1961. Herb Snitzer

Description: Lee Morgan at John Coltrane's September 15, 1957 session for "Blue Train" (Blue Note) at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J. Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: Junior Cook at the Birdhouse, 1960

Description: Miles Davis, 1969. Phtotgraph by Don Hunstein

Description: Charlie Parker and Chet Baker at the Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, 1953. Photo by William Claxton.

Description: Portrait of Thelonious Monk and Howard McGhee, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947 William P. Gottlieb

Description: Nina Simone & James Baldwin, 1965 by Bernard Gotfryd

Description: Louis Armstrong in Egypt with his wife Lucille, 1961

Description: Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus and Roy Haynes at the Open Door, New York, September 1953. Photograph by Bob Parent

Description: Paul Chambers by Carole Reiff

Description: Elvin Jones by Francis Wolff

Description: Grant Green by Francis Wolff

Description: Max Roach by Francis Wolff

Description: Horace Silver at the November 23, 1955 session for "The Jazz Messengers at Cafe Bohemia (Blue Note) Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: Hank Mobley and Pepper Adams at Mobley's Oct. 20, 1957 session for "Poppin" (Blue Note) at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J., 1957. Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: Dexter Gordon and Freddie Hubbard at Gordon's May 6, 1961 session for "Don' All Right" (Blue Note) at the Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, N.J, 1961 May 6. Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: Joe Henderson at the Blue Note offices, New York City in October 1963. This became the cover image for his album "Our Thing" (Blue Note). Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: Curtis Fuller at his June 16, 1957 session for "The Opener" (Blue Note) at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J. Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: J.J. Johnson and Miles Davis at Davis's session of April 20, 1953 for "The Miles Davis All-Stars" (Blue Note) at WOR Studios, New York City. Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: Ornette Coleman at his Sept. 9, 1966 session for The Empty Foxhole (Blue Note) Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: Ron Carter at Sam Rivers's May 21, 1965 session for "Contours" (Blue Note) at the Van Gelder studio, New Jersey. Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: Clifford Brown at his August 28, 1053 session for "The Clifford Brown Sextet (Blue Note) at Audio-Video Studios, New York City Photographer: Wolff, Francis

Description: Art Blakey by Francis Wolff

Description: Hank Mobley Hank Mobley by Francis Wolff

Description: Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947. Photo by William Gottlieb

Description: Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947 Photo by William Gottlieb

Description: Charlie Parker, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., 1947. Photo by William P. Gottlieb

Description: Miles Davis, 1957. Photograph by Francis Wolff

Description: Lee Morgan, 1964. Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: Lee Morgan & Hank Mobley Just Coolin´ Session. Photo by Francis Wolff

Description: Soul Station session, Englewood Cliffs NJ, February 7 1960 Photo Francis Wolff

Description: Joe Henderson

Description: Chet Baker, New York City, 1956

Description: Lucky Thompson, 1959 by Carole Reiff