William Ellis

William Ellis' One LP Project Exhibited At The Archive Of Contemporary Music, September 19 To October 3

Source: All About Jazz
September 17, 2014

The ARChive of Contemporary Music is pleased to present its first gallery exhibition by British photographer William Ellis. The exhibition offers 50 portraits of musicians holding one of their favorite albums. Friday September 19 to Friday October 3 ARChive of Contemporary Music 54 White St New York, NY 10013 Each portrait is accompanied by a short interview that explores the album’s meaning and value for the subject, often offering a profound insight into influences and deep ...
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Photographer William Ellis's column One LP comes to All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2013

All About Jazz has partnered with world-renowned photographer William Ellis to bring you One LP, a new column focusing on musicians and the albums that proved influential and inspirational in their musical lives. William Ellis on One LP “Through my work I have spent a lot time talking with musicians—and of course the talk always gets around to the reason we're all there— the music. During the conversations I was often struck by the breadth of musical styles and ...
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Alan Barnes & William Ellis - Live! Scarborough Jazz Festival, September 25th

Source: Ian Patterson
September 22, 2011

William Ellis is one of the world's leading jazz photographers and also an informative and highly entertaining speaker who has given talks on his work internationally. In this show, as his photographs are screened, William gives us the story behind each shot, and saxophonist Alan Barnes leads an all-star band performing a piece by each selected musician. Saxophonists Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins and Illinois Jaquet will be spotlighted, and the inclusion of trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Clark Terry ...
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Photographer William Ellis Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: John Kelman
August 4, 2010

Black and white photographs of jazz legends taken by the likes of Leonard Feather, William P. Gottlieb and William Claxton have gained iconic status over the years. Decades on, their photographs of Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Chet Baker and Miles Davis adorn countless walls of jazz aficionados around the world. These photographs may owe their status, at least in part, to the fame of their subjects. Back in '89, as a photographer struggling to build a ...
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Jazz Photographer William Ellis Exhibits at Rocharchive Gallery, London

Source: Michael Ricci
April 21, 2010

Rockarchive.com are proud to present the Jazz images of William Ellis. William Ellis is at the vanguard of music photographers and is widely regarded as having produced an important document of the contemporary international jazz scene in Africa, East Asia, Europe and the Americas.

His contribution to the culture was acknowledged by the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City when he was invited to produce the Inaugural International Exhibition in 2005 and where he returned in 2008 to show his ...
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