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GRAMMY MUSEUM® TO SHOW ICONIC SUMMER OF LOVE-ERA PHOTOGRAPHS BY LEGENDARY ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER JIM MARSHALL

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 26, 2017) — The GRAMMY Museum® will celebrate one of the most pivotal years in music — and the photographer who captured it — with a special limited showing of Jim Marshall's 1967. Organized by The San Francisco Arts Commission in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of San Francisco's Summer of Love, the exhibition will feature a selection of 60 images from the thousands Jim Marshall took while he documented history in the making. This special exhibition will be on display through May 14, 2017.

 WICN's Inquiry, hosted by Mark Lynch, features Amelia Davis, Jim Marshall's assistant for 13 years and owner of Jim Marshall Photography LLC, in an engaging interview about Jim and the acclaimed new photo journal of his work, Jazz Festival. Stunning images in black and white capture the jazz scenes at the '60s Newport and Monterey jazz festivals. Jim Marshall photographed all the jazz greats, including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Wes Mongomery, Ben Webster, Nina Simone, Theolonious Monk and John Coltrane.

By Paul Liberatore, Marin Independent Journal

Whenever there’s mention of the work of the late San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall, the first thing most people think of is rock ’n’ roll. A pioneering rock photographer, he was famous for his iconic images of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead and many other bands and musicians from the heyday of rock in the late 1960s and ’70s.

KAMAKURA SHIRTS, REEL ART PRESS and ARTBOOK | D.A.P.
invite you to the book launch and signing of:
JAZZ FESTIVAL: JIM MARSHALL

Book Signing and Talk

Celebrate Jazz 100: The Music of Dizzy, Ella, Mongo & Monk and the pre-concert, East Coast book launch of Jim Marshall: Jazz Festival.
 

Music + Photography + Desert = A One-in-a-Lifetime Experience
October 7, 8, 9 and October 14, 15, 16
Performances by the Rolling Stones​, Bob Dylan and His Band​, Paul McCartney​, ​Neil Young + Promise of the Real​, Roger Waters, The Who
Photo Gallery

From deserttrip.com:

"The Desert Trip Photography Experience captures the nascent energy of the Sixties and Seventies rock milieu, with well over 200 photos featuring Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, The Who, and Neil Young. Shot by legendary photographers synonymous with the era, these images are as timeless as the music itself. These sometimes choreographed but often candid moments collectively tell the story of rock & roll’s rise to cultural prominence on both sides of the pond. Taken during an era fueled by the insatiable drive to innovate with this new art form and freely test the limits of creativity, these images (and their subjects) helped to define modern notions of youth, fame, style, sex appeal, confidence, and consciousness–and, of course, cool."

By John Blake, CNN

"Jazz is dead."

"Jazz Festival" named by American Photo to its list  of "Best Photography Books Fall 2016."

The Guardian: Jazz was the catalyst for change': Jim Marshall’s images of 60s festivals

by Sean O'Hagan

“Jim was a guy you either loved or hated, there was no in-between,” says Amelia Davis, Jim Marshall’s erstwhile assistant and now archivist. “If he loved you, he would lie down in front of a truck for you. If he hated you, he would happily drive the truck over you.”

British Journal of Photography:  Jim Marshall’s photos of 60s jazz festivals published in new photobook Jim Marshall’s photos of 60s jazz festivals published in new photobook

Written by Jacob Brookman

Jim Marshall’s photos of 60s jazz festivals capture the many greats of the ‘first uniquely American art form’.

A new release celebrates the work of Grammy-award winning ‘father of music photography’, Jim Marshall as he documented American jazz festivals during the 1960s. Featuring icons such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone, the collection includes a variety of previously unseen images in a dynamic exploration of these revolutionary and unique musical happenings.