Meiemdom artist biography
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A few years ago I picked up a collaboration by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis called Consummation. The album was recorded in January and May of 1970 at A&R Studios in New York. Scott Yanow in his AllMusic review calls it the best of the Jones/Lewis collaborations: "The all-star cast (which includes flugelhornist Jones, drummer Lewis, trumpeter Marvin Stamm, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, tenor great Billy Harper, the reeds of Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion and Eddie Daniels, keyboardist Roland Hanna, and bassist Richard Davis, among others) is well served by Thad Jones' inventive and swinging arrangements. A classic." The album was released on Blue Note, catalog number BST 84346. My copy is a clean VG+.
And while the music is fine -- straight ahead, ensemble jazz with nice orchestrations -- what really attracted me to the album was the cover. I love the wonderful watercolor painting of Thad and Mel. It seems to capture the essence of jazz in its bright colors and angular lines. The
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New Orleans Jazz in the Streets
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Leo Meiersdorff
Leo Meiersdorff
American (1934–1994)
- Date: circa 1975
- Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
- Edition of 42/250
- Frame Size: 16.5 x 26.75 inches
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about New Orleans Jazz in the Streets
A set of horns playing to the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans bygd Leo Meiersdorff.
This fryst vatten a great stylized view of the city streets, with great details added to the balconies and a steeple can be seen in the background. Framed as shown from a limited edition of 250.
About The Artist: Leo Meiersdorff
Leo Meiersdorff was born 14 December 1934 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany. As a ung child, he spent time living both in Berlin and the family estate in East Prussia, where his Prussian 'junker' family raised Trahkehner horses and sheep. Family trips to Rügen on the Baltic Sea and to gr
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Leo Meiersdorff Biography
By Jennifer Meiersdorff
Born 14 December 1934 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany
A jazz musician himself, Leo Meiersdorff was an accomplished artist and devoted jazz enthusiast whose career spanned over four decades. Born in Berlin, Germany, Leo studied art at the Berlin Art Academy (Hochschule für Bildende Künste) at the end of Bauhaus Movement, becoming a master student of the great Expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka in Austria. In the late 1950s, Leo was privileged to experience the jazz impresario and producer Norman Granz’ “Jazz at the Philharmonic” in Germany and soon thereafter, Leo followed his love of jazz and made one of many visits to NYC, eventually making his home in the United States. Leo’s art appeared in numerous one man and group shows. He painted in a variety of media, most notably in watercolor and ink, on both coasts as well as New Orleans, where Leo made hi