JAZZ POSTERS 8

• This is probably the rarest poster in my collection. It is for a benefit performance for the Black Panther Party. The date is November 2, 1970. The three groups performing were the Clifford Thornton Quartet, The Franck (misspelled) Wright Quartet and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The concert was at the Palais de la Mutualite, Paris, France. Size: 24 x 31 1/2 ins. One evening Cecile Savage, a bass player born in Martinique, but raised in Paris, France, was at my place for dinner and saw the poster and asked how long it had been hanging on the wall. When I told her she said she had never noticed it previously. She said she would turn her back on it and tell me everything written on it. She did, and I asked her how she knew, and she said she had designed it an had put it up all over Paris. She had had an altercation with one of the Black Panthers due to what he had said to her and she slapped him across the face. As a result, she had been threatened and later designed the poster and put it up and the differences between them were resolved.

• This is the most famous image of the Art Ensemble and this image and others taken at the same time have been used numerous times. While this poster is for a performance on July 11, 1990 at Immanuelskirche, Wuppertal-Barmen, Germany, the photo was taken in Italy. Size: 33 x 23 ins.

• LEFT: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Beursschouwburg Hall, Brussells, Belgium, 4 April 1979.  Size: 23 1/4 x 33 ins.
  CENTER: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Campus de Talence, Bordeaux, France, 6 March, 1971.  Size: 31 x 23 3/4 ins.
  RIGHT: Women's Jazz: Allstar Revue, Bunky's, Madison, Wisconsin, February 29, unknown year.  Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  

• LEFT: Halle That Jazz, La Grande Halle, Paris, France, July 3-5, 1987. Size: 30 1/2 x 46 ins.
  CENTER: Jazz: Beziers, Beziers, France, July 16-29, 1989. This is a huge poster. Size: 47 x 63 ins.
  RIGHT: Jazz Vivant: Art Ensemble  of Chicago, The Grand Auditorium, Radio France, Paris, France, October 25, 1976 Size: 47 x 62 1/2 ins.
   

• LEFT: Art Ensemble of Chicago, University of New Mexico, Kimo Theater, Albuquerque, NM on September 30, 1984. Size: 18 x 24 ins.
  CENTER: Herb Ellis, Community Center, Eugene, Oregon, September 16, 1982. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  RIGHT: Retailer's Awards featuring George Benson and Al Jarreau, Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 9, 2007. Size: 15 x 24 ins.
  

• LEFT:  Occam Street Footwarms, South Border Jazzclub, Bad Honnef, Austria, July 22, 1967. Size: 17 x 23 ins
  CENTER: Jan Garbarek 4, Cedac, DIMIEZ, Nice, France, March 18, 2007. Size: 18 x 27 ins.
  RIGHT: Don Moye and Joseph Jarman on January 6, and the Art Ensemble on January 7, 1978 at the Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY. Size: 8 1/2 x 11ins.
  

• LEFT: Bethany Pickens, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois, November 16, 2007. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  CENTER: Jazz & Blues, All Star Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, June 26 - July 5, 1987. Size: 19 3/4 x 27 3/4 ins.
  RIGHT: Jazz City: An exhibit on the jazz musicians and music, Stadtmuseum, Duesseldorf, Germany, August 31 - October 19, 2003. Size:
  

• LEFT: Jan Garbarek/Art Ensemble of Chicago,Theatre de Nimes, Nimes, France, October 17/November 14, 1995 This is a large poster. Size: 45 3/4 x 68 1/2 ins..
  CENTER: Art Ensemble of Chicago,  Sala Consiliere, Bologna, Italy, March 17, 1974. Size: 27 1/2 x 39 1/2 ins..
  RIGHT: Gil Scott Heron, Community College of Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1981. Size: 13 x 20 ins.
  

• LEFT: St. Louis Jazz Festival, St. Louis, MO, October 16, 1988.  Size: 8 1/2 x 11 ins.
  CENTER: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Jonathan Swift's, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 28, 1985. Size: 8 1/2 x 11 ins.
  RIGHT: Mike Stern, Jazz Showcase, Chicago, Illinois, September 7-10, 2006. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  

• LEFT: Creative Music at the DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts): various groups, Detroit, Michigan,  September 19 - November 24, 1984.  Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  CENTER: 11 Festiwal Jazzowy: Made in Chicago, Poznan and Warsaw, Poland, November 16 - 18, 2007. Size 19 x 17 ins.
  RIGHT: Chicago Jazz Orchestra: Definitely Dizzy, Studebaker Theater, Chicago, Illinois, May 20, 2017. Size 11 x 17 ins.
   

LEFT: Nemzetkozi Jazzest: Roscoe Mitchll Sound Ensemble, Hungary, May 28 1982. Size: 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 ins.
CENTER: 2nd Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Chicago, Illinois, September 27, 2008. Size 11 x 17 ins.
RIGHT: Sun Ra: Astro Black Mythology & Black Resistance seminar, Logan Center, Chicago, Illinois, May 21-22, 2015. Size: 11 x 17 ins.

• LEFT: "Full Force" promotional poster. Date unknown. Size: 36 x 48 ins.
  CENTER: Great Black Music, "Ancient to the Future", 1987 World tour poster. Size: 23 x 33 ins.
  RIGHT: Indy Jazz Fest: The Latin Tinge, Chuchito Valdes Power & Direct Contact, Indiana Landmarks Center, Indiana, September 11, 2012. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  
  

• LEFT: June 3, 1978 poster for the Willisau Jazz Festival, Willisau, Switzerland, June 3, 1978. The image is that of Joseph Jarmon of the Art Ensemble.  Size: 35 1/2 x 50 1/4 ins.
  CENTER: Indiana Avenue Jazz, Mural dedication, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 14, 2012.  Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  RIGHT: The Sounds of History, DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, Illinois, June 19 - September 4, 2013. Size: 12 1/2 x 19 ins.
  

• LEFT: The Jazz Kitchen All-Stars, The Jazz Kitchen, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 12, 2012. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  CENTER:  Speak Low, Swing Hard, Art Abrams Swing Machine Big Band, Benson Hotel, Portland, Oregon, October 30, 2011. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  RIGHT: Charlie Mingus and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California,
  November 2, 1973. Keith Jarrett was originally scheduled to appear but cancelled and the Art Ensemble was hired to replace him. Size: 10 x 14 ins. This poster has been reprinted and is offered on eBay. This is the genuine size of the original poster. The reproductions are a different size.

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• LEFT: Art Ensemble, Calabria, Italy, July 5, 1999. Size 28 x 37 1/2 ins.
  CENTER: String Theory, Lairmont Manor, Bellingham, Washington, October 16, 2002. Size: 17 x 11 ins.
  RIGHT: Art Ensemble, Rome, Italy, May 27-29, 1978.  Size: 27 1/2 x 39 1/2 ins.
  
  

• LEFT: Art Ensemble of Chicago,  Entermedia Theater, New York City, NY, October 7, 1978. The two figures are Don Moye and Malachi Favors. Size: 14 x 23 1/2 ins.
  CENTER: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Zellerbach Auditorium, U of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, January 11, 1975.  Size 17 3/4 x 23 3/4 ins.  This is a poster that was sold at performances for years and is a reprint of an original.  I also have a copy of the original poster in my collection which is on heavier, better quality paper than the reprint.
  RIGHT: A copy of the photo used for the drawings of the two posters. The photo is of Malachi Favors, the late bassist of the group.
  

• LEFT: II International Jazz Festival, Mexico City, Mexico, May 22 - July 7, 1981. Two different sized posters using the same image, with a different format, exist for this festival. Size: 8 3/4 x 22 ins and 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 ins.
  CENTER: Sheila Jordan, Meadowbrook Inn, Blowing Rock, North Carolina, November 7, 2010. Size: 11 x 17 ins. Sheila gave this poster to me.
  RIGHT: Chick Corea, Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 19, 1980. Size: 11 x 17 ins.

• LEFT: Left Bank Jazz Society, Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, Maryland, Octobr 1-29, 1978. Size 11 x 17 ins.
  CENTER: The Art Ensemble of Chicago,  Smith Ballroom, Smith Memorial Center, Portland State University, Portland, OR, March 1, 1987. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  RIGHT: Rob Dixon Quintet, Jazz Kitchen, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 10, 2012. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  
  
   
• LEFT: Miles Davis, Porte de Pantin, Paris, France, April 12-13, 1983. Size: 31 x 48 ins.
  CENTER: Diane Krall, Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Size: 11 x 14 ins.
  RIGHT: Israeli Jazz and World Music Festival, various venues, Chicago, Illinois, May 14 - 22, 2015. Size: 11 x 17 ins.

• LEFT: Thessalonika Jazz Festival, Olympian, Thessalonika, Greece, May 13-17, 1992. Size: 2 different, 13 x 22 3/8 and 22 1/2 x 38 ins. The image is of Dewey Redman.
  CENTER: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Salle Ste. Croix des Pelletiers, Rouen, France, June 12, 1978. Size: 13 x 17 ins.
  RIGHT: Art Ensemble of Chicago"On Tour: promotional poster. Date unknown. Size: 15 3/4 x 23 1/2 ins.
  
  

• LEFT: Keystone Korner schedule, San Francisco, California,  January 5 - February 12, 1978. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  CENTER: Jazz on the Lake, Bernbow Lake State Recreation Area, California, June 20, 1992. Size: 13 x 22 ins.
  RIGHT: Houston Person, East of the Ryan, Chicago, Illinois, October 12, 2006. Size: 11 x 14 ins.
  

• LEFT: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Bruknerhaus, Linz, Austria, April 28, 1980. Size: 2 different, 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 ins. and 23 x 33 ins.
  CENTER: Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass, Opera House, unknown city, June 2, unknown year. Size: 14 x 21 2/4 ins.
  RIGHT: Velvet Lounge: Fred Anderson, Avreeayl Ra and Henry Grimes, Chicago, Illinois, September 24, 2005. Size: 11 x 17 ins.

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  CENTER: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Norwich High School Auditorium, Norwich, New York, October 2, 1987. Size: 2 different, 8 1/2 x 14 ins. that was folded and used as a mailer and 11 x 17 ins.
  RIGHT: Corey Wilkes Quintet, Jazz Showcase, Chicago, Illinois, July 8-10, 2008. Size: 9 1/4 x 8 1/2 ins. This was posted on the door of the Jazz Showcase
  
     
• LEFT: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra starring Warren Covington, Lakeside Ballroom, Glenwood, Minnesota, June 27, 1958. Size 14 x 22 ins.
  CENTER: The Last of the Blue Devils movie poster, Cinema 5 Theater, New York, New York, June 18, 1980. Size: 24 x 36 ins.
  RIGHT: University of Chicago Jazz X-Tet, Logan Center, Chicago, Illinois, March 8, 2018. Size: 8 1/2 x 14 ins.

• LEFT: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Teatro Alcala, Alcala, Spain, March 4, 1980. Size 25 1/2 x 37 1/2 ins.
  CENTER: Jazz an der Donau, Vilshofen, Germany, July 4-5, 1987. Size: 19 1/2 x 27 1/2 ins.
  RIGHT: Old Inn jazz schedule, Braunschweig, Germany, November 29 - December 14, 1973. Size: 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 ins
   

• LEFT: Standards Live at the Jazz Showcase, Zvonimir Tot and Kelly Sill Duo, Jazz Showcase, Chicago, Illinois, March 13, 2012. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  CENTER: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Amerikahaus, Munich, Germany, May 6-7, 1980.  Size: 23 x 33 ins.
  RIGHT: Al Cat and the Roaring Tigers, Brunnenhof der Residenz, Munich, Germany, July 6, 2015. Size 23 x 33 ins.
  

• LEFT: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Cinema Garabaldi, Medicina, Bologna, Italy, March 14, 1974. Size: 27 1/2 x 38 1/2 ins.
  CENTER:Art Ensemble of Chicago, Teatro La Ribalta, Bologna, Italy, March 18 - 19, 1974.  Size: 27 1/2 x 39 ins.
  RIGHT: (Famoudou) Don Moye and Joseph Jarman Quartet, Club Chapati 3, Viviers, Belgium, November 24, 1984.  Size: 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 ins.

• LEFT: Guelph, Ontario Jazz Festival, September 7 - 11, 2005. The image is a modern painting of the Art Ensemble, even though Lester Bowie had passed away about six years prior to the festival.  Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  CENTER: James "Blood" Ulmer and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, January 10 and February 7, 1982, "At Club", and the Sun Ra Arkestra at the National Building Museum, Washington D.C., January 23, 1982. Size: 10 1/4 x 15 1/2 ins.
  RIGHT: Redwood Jazz Review, Fundraiser for radio station KHSU, Eureka Women's Club, Eureka, California, May 1, 1994. Size: 11 x 17 ins.

• LEFT: Jazz Woche 79 schedule, Burghausen, Germany, March 14-18, 1979  Size: 2 different. 8 x 11 1/2 ins. and 23 x 33 ins.
  CENTER: Newport Jazz Weekend, De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 31, 1978. Size: 32 1/2 x 45,1/2 ins.
  RIGHT: Boos n' Ribs (Halloween event):Dirt Red Brass Band, etc., Ida Noyes Hall, U. of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, October 28, 2017. Size: 11 x 17 ins.
  

• LEFT: Jazz a Creteil, a Paris suburb, France, December 8 1979 - May 10, 1980. Size: 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 ins.
  CENTER: Jazzhus Shukefter schedule, Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 1 - July 8, 1980. Size: 23 1/2 x 33 ins.
  LEFT: Blue Note schedule, Osaka, Japan,  September 17-22, 1990. Size: 20 x 29 ins.

• LEFT: Il Jazz al Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy. April 2-16, 1995. Size: 27 3/4 x 39 1/4 ins.
  CENTER: Weather Report, Sommergarten, Berlin, Germany, May 8, 1983. Size: 33 x 23 ins.
  RIGHT: After Set at the Hothouse, Chicago, Illinois, September 3-9, 1994. Size: 2 sizes. 8 1/2 x 11 ins and 14 x 18 ins.

• LEFT: Mica Markovic and Stijepko Gut Sextet, Dom Kulture, Subotica, Serbia, August 24, 1982. Size: 19 1/2 x 27 1/2 ins.
  CENTER: Big Bands in the Catalina Casino Ballroom 1980, Catalina Island, California, May 25 - December 31, 1980. Size: 23 x 37 ins.
  RIGHT: Vijay Iyer Sextet, Logan Center, U. of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, May 18-19, 2017. Size: 11 x 17 ins

• LEFT: Jazzfestival '82, various venues, Treibhaus, Innsbruck, Austria, January 26-31, 1983. Size: 19 x 27 1/2 ins.
  CENTER: Jazz Kurs, Norwegian Jazz Federation Summer Jazz Camp, Stavanger, Norway, July 2 and 15, 1978. Size: 18 7/8 x 26 1/2 ins. Instructors were: George Russell, Kenny Wheeler, Don Moye, Joseph Jarman, Torgrim Sollid, Kjell Haugen, Knut Riisnaes, John Pal Inderberg, Radka Toneff, Jon Eberson, Erling Aksdal, Arild anderson and Espen Rud.
  RIGHT: Original Bass Clarinet Choir, Walt Dickerson, Andrew Cyrille and Sirone, Kurhaus Hall, Innsbruck, Austria. Size: 19 x 27 1/2 ins.

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