10Apr2020

Jazz Appreciation Month: Album Cover Art~ April 10

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Jackie Gleason Presents Lonesome Echo

1955 / Capitol Records W-627 / 12″ 33 1/3 RPM / Artwork & Liner Notes by Salvador Dalí

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10Apr2020

National Poetry Month~ April 10

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William Butler Yeats by John Butler Yeats

1898 / Graphite and wash with white highlights on paper / 14″x10″ / National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

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William Butler Yeats~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-butler-yeats

9Apr2020

Jazz Appreciation Month: Album Cover Art~ April 9

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Count Basie And His Orchestra

1955 / RCA Victor LPM-1112 / 12″ 33 1/3 RPM / Cover Illustration by Andy Warhol

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9Apr2020

National Poetry Month~ April 9

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Ralph Waldo Emerson by Daniel Chester French

Modeled in clay 1879; bronze castings begin 1886 / 22 1/2″x10 1/4″x9″
Various collections, including The Met, NYC

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Ralph Waldo Emerson~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ralph-waldo-emerson

8Apr2020

Jazz Appreciation Month: Album Cover Art~ April 8

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Oscar Peterson Collates

1952 / Mercury MG C-110 / 10″ 33 1/3 RPM / Cover Art by Elizabeth Dauber for David Stone Martin

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8Apr2020

National Poetry Month~ April 8

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John Keats by Joseph Severn

1821-1823 / Oil on canvas / 22 1/4″x16 1/2″ / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

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John Keats~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-keats

7Apr2020

Jazz Appreciation Month: Album Cover Art~ April 7

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Anita O’Day Collates

1953 / CLEF Records MG C-130 / 10″ 33 1/3 RPM / Cover Art by David Stone Martin

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7Apr2020

National Poetry Month~ April 7

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Lord Byron by Lorenzo Bartolini

1822 / Dried raw clay (terracruda) / 19 5/8″ high / Private collection

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Lord Byron~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lord-byron

6Apr2020

Jazz Appreciation Month: Album Cover Art~ April 6

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Lester Young Trio

1950 / Mercury MG C-104 / 10″ 33 1/3 RPM / Cover Art by David Stone Martin

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6Apr2020

National Poetry Month~ April 6

Posted in National Poetry Month by Christy

William Wordsworth by Benjamin Robert Haydon

1842 / Oil on canvas / 49″x39″ / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

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William Wordsworth~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-wordsworth