“I was a student at the Institute of Design at the time, and called Sarah directly at her hotel (possible in those days) and received permission to photograph her in her dressing room for the next issue of a non-existent college newspaper.”
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“Harry Carney’s baritone saxophone was the anchor in Duke Ellington’s band from the age of sixteen until his death forty-eight years later. I had been doing a series of photo sessions in a studio near the Blue Note and I invited Harry to come in sometime so we could experiment visually with him and his horn.”
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“It was an astounding performance, Ellington went on and on and when Jimmy Rushing joined the band to shout some more blues, the critics and professionals were – literally – dancing in the aisles.”
Read the full articleThis photo was taken on Sarah’s first national tour as a single. I was a student at The Institute of Design at the time, and called Sarah directly at her hotel (possible in those days) and received permission to photograph her in her dressing room for the next issue of a non-existent college newspaper.
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Ted Williams recounts his time photographing a night with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in The Pershing Ballroom, 1949.
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Now, for the first time, Iconic Images is proud to present vintage prints from the Ted Williams’ archive.
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