Product Description: Bands and blues: The ultimate, evocative jazz-trip through timeIn 1960, photographer William Claxton and noted musicologist Joachim Berendt traveled the United States hot on the trail of jazz. Through music halls and marching bands, side streets and subways, they sought to document this living, breathing, beating musical phenomenon that enraptured America across social, economic, and racial lines...read more

Product Description: The pioneers of aviation. The firsthand account by the Wright Brothers of their early experiments with gliders and the first powered flight, and William J Claxton's account of early balloon flight and aircraft development to World War One.

Product Description: Visions of American jazz: Claxton's photographs of legendary jazz musicians   In 1960, photographer William Claxton and noted German musicologist Joachim Berendt traveled the United States hot on the trail of jazz music. The result of their collaboration was an amazing collection of photographs and recordings of legendary artists as well as unknown street musicians...read more

Of interest to Jazz and photography fans, this is a collection of photographs and recordings of legendary artists, as well as unknown street musicians. A restored audio CD from Joachim Berendt's original recordings has been produced and is included along with a bonus CD of digitally remastered period recordings.

Sharing a passion for fast cars, among other things, Steve McQueen (1930-1980) and William Claxton became friends early in McQueen's career and remained close until his premature death. Claxton frequented McQueen throughout his many incarnations (dirt bike rider, movie actor, sports car driver, ladies man, family man, etc.), capturing at every turn another side of McQueen's enigmatic tough-guy/nice-guy personality. As this photo album demonstrates, Claxton's photographic talent and sensibilities were perfectly attuned to the actor's multifaceted character. This is the real Steve McQueen, Immortalized by Claxton's empathetic lens.

Sharing a passion for fast cars, among other things, Steve McQueen (1930-1980) and William Claxton became friends early in McQueen's career and remained close until his premature death. Claxton frequented McQueen throughout his many incarnations (dirt bike rider, movie actor, sports car driver, ladies man, family man, etc).

Product Description: William Claxton captures many facets of McQueen's enigmatic tough guy/nice guy personality through his empathetic lens

Product Description: William Claxton captured the spirit of the fifties jazz scene - the famous musicians, the backstage atmosphere, and the music itself. This blank book is based on one of his images.

A delightful collection of fifty black-and-white photographs of fifty beloved comedians reveals previously unseen sides of such personalities as Robin Williams, John Cleese, and Carol Burnett, and collects their favorite comic stories. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

First edition bound in black cloth with silver stamped lettering. Illustrated through-out. 4to (12.50 X 9.25") 224pp. A Fine copy on a VG+ dj that has a tiny closed tear to the top right corner, a small 2 cm long tear on the rear panel and a slight rub to the base of the spine. An attractive copy chronicling the career of one of America's most original designers.

Product Description: Comprehensive studies of the distinguished jazz photographer - William Claxton. The book includes the photographer's personal reminiscences, 240 black and white photographs, Claxton's record cover designs and shots of some of the legendary jazz clubs.

Product Description: Growing up in California, William Claxton spent his time collecting 78s by Duke Ellington, Lena Home, Count Basie, and Tommy Dorsey. As he pasted their pictures into scrapbooks, Claxton yearned to become a part of their world. By the time he started photographing musicians himself, he looked for ways to define them as people, not just as performers...read more