Friday 4 January 2013

David Stone Martin part 3

In the world of jazz there is one artist collected the world over who has never played an instrument not even a note of music but has left his mark on the jazz culture. Illustrator David Stone Martin (1913 – 1992) was one of the most prolific and influential graphic designers of the postwar era, with his signature hand-sketched graphics with two or three primary colours, perfectly capturing the energy and spontaneity of the jazz idiom.

For biographical notes on Martin see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1-2 also.

This is part 3 of a 4-part post on the works of David Stone Martin:


1955 Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell 
Verve Records

1956 Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell 
Norgran Records catalogue no. MG N-1077 12" LP

1955 Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie "Roy and Diz No. 2" 
Clef Records catalogue no. MG G-671 12" LP

1955 Stan Getz "West Coast Jazz" 
Verve Records

1955 Swing Guitars - Oscar Moore, Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow 
Norgran Records catalogue no. MG N-1033 12" LP

1955 Teddy Wilson 
Norgran Records EP

1955 The Gene Krupa Trio Collates 
Mercury Records EP

1955 The Ideation of Kenny Drew 
Norgran Records

1955 The Lionel Hampton Quartet 
Clef Records

1956 Anita O'Day Sings Jazz 
Norgran Records catalogue no. MG N-1049 12" LP

1956 Count Basie "Basie" Clef Records catalogue no. MG G-E65

1956 Count Basie Swings - Joe Williams Sings 
Columbia Records Clef Series 12" LP

1956 Hank Jones Piano "Urbanity" 
Clef Records catalogue no. MG C-707

1956 Illinois Jacquet Collates 
Mercury Records catalogue no. MGC-112 10" LP

1956 Johhny Hodges "Creamy" 
Verve Records catalogue no. 70-5706 12" LP

1956 Lester Young and Harry Edison "Pres and Sweets" 
Norgran Records catalogue no. MGN-1043 12" LP

1956 Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz "Hamp and Getz" 
Verve Records 12" LP

1956 Norman Granz' Jam Session No. 8 
Clef Records catalogue no. MG C-711 12" LP

1956 Roy Eldridge and his Central Plaza Dixielanders "Swing Goes Dixie" 
Verve Records 12" LP

1956 Roy Eldridge, Art Tatum, Alvin Stoller, John Simmons 
Clef Records 12" LP

1956 The Genius of Art Tatum No. 8 
Clef Records

1956 The Modern Jazz Sextet 
Norgran Records catalogue no. MG N-1076 12" LP

1957  Don Byas "Jazz at Saint-Germain Des Pres" 
Verve Records catalogue no. MGV-8119 12" LP

1957 Al Hirt's Band 
Verve Records

1957 Billie Holiday "All or Nothing at All" 
Verve Records catalogue no. MV 2599 12" Mono LP

1957 Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars 12" 
Columbia Records Clef Series mono LP

1957 Swinging with Flip - Flip Phillips and his Orchestra

1959 Harry Belafonte "Love is a Gentle Thing" 
RCA Victor Records catalogue no. LPM-1927

1959 Harry Edison "Mr. Swing" 
Verve Records 12" Stereo LP

1959 Mort Sahl "A Way of Life" 
Verve Records catalogue no. MG V-15006

1959 Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy and Bess studio album 
Verve Records

1960 Reader's Digest Condensed Books

1960s Reader's Digest Condensed Books

1960s Reader's Digest Condensed Books

1960s Reader's Digest Condensed Books

1960s Reader's Digest Condensed Books

1960s Reader's Digest Condensed Books

1961 ( January 5 ) Down Beat magazine cover

Wednesday 2 January 2013

David Stone Martin part 2


In the world of jazz there is one artist collected the world over who has never played an instrument not even a note of music but has left his mark on the jazz culture. Illustrator David Stone Martin (1913 – 1992) was one of the most prolific and influential graphic designers of the postwar era, with his signature hand-sketched graphics with two or three primary colours, perfectly capturing the energy and spontaneity of the jazz idiom.

For biographical notes on Martin, and for earlier works see part 1

This is part 2 of a 4-part post on the works of David Stone Martin:



1953 Flip Phillips Collates 
Mercury Records 10" LP

1953 Illinois Jacquet Collates No. 2 
Clef Records 10" mono LP

1953 Johnny Hodges Collates Vol. 2 
Clef Records

1953 Lester Young Collates No. 2 
Mercury Records 10" LP

1953 Norman Granz' Jam Session No. 1 
Verve Records catalogue no. V-8049 mono

1953 Norman Granz' Jam Session No. 2 
Mercury Records

1953 Norman Granz' Jam Session No. 4 
Verve Records

1953 The Gene Krupa Trio 
Verve Records catalogue no. MGV-8031

1954 An Evening with Mary Ann McCall and Charlie Ventura 
Norgran Records mono LP

1954 Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic 
Clef Records 10" LP

1954 Lester Young "The President" 
Norgran Records

1954 Moods for Lovers played by Lew White 
FDR records catalogue no. MH 33 103

1954 Oscar Peterson plays Irving Berlin 
Mercury Records 12" LP

1954 Oscar Peterson plays Richard Rogers 
Clef Records catalogue no. EP-215

1954 Stan Getz at the Shrine 
Norgran Records

1954 The Gene Krupa Sextet 
Clef Records

1954 The Genius of Art Tatum No. 2 
Clef Records

1954 The Genius of Art Tatum No. 3 
Clef Records

c1954 The Genius of Art Tatum No. 9 
Clef Records catalogue no. EP-271


1954 The Music of Buddy Franco 
Norgran Records catalogue no. EP N-6


1954 The Roy Eldridge Quintet 
Karusell Records catalogue no. KEP 242

1954 The Tal Farlow Album 
Norgran Records catalogue no. MG N-1047

1954 Toshiko ( Toshiko Akiyoshi ) 
Norgran Records

1955 Alto Sax - Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Willie Smith 
Norgran Records catalogue no. MG N-1035 12" LP

1955 Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five No. 4 
Clef Records 12" LP

1955 Benny Carter Plays Pretty 
Norgran Records

1955 Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson play George Gershwin No. 1 
Norgran Records catalogue no. EP N-89

1955 Buddy Rich "Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich" studio album 
Norgran Records catalogue no. MG N-1031

1955 Buddy Rich and Sweets Edison 
Norgran Records catalogue no. MG N-1038

1955 Charlie Parker 
Clef Records 12" LP

1955 Charlie Parker 
Columbia Records Clef Series EP

1955 Dizzy Gillespie "Dizzy and Strings" 
Norgran Records EP

1955 Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet No. 3 
Norgran Records 12" LP

1955 Jam Session No. 5 
Clef Records 12" LP

1955 Johhny Hodges Dance Bash No. 1 
Norgran Records catalogue no. EP N-117  7"

1955 Lester Young 
Norgran Records 12" LP

1955 Lionel Hampton Big Band No. 1 
Clef Records catalogue no. EPC-367

1955 Lionel Hampton Quintet 
Clef Records 12" LP

1955 Norman Granz' Jam Session No. 6 
Clef Records 12" LP