The dynamic, insistent and often improvised sound of jazz is hard to pin down, yet instantly recognizable.
Originating in New Orleans, with roots in ragtime and blues, jazz is justifiably regarded as one of America’s greatest original art forms. Pay homage to some of the best in jazz with our archive of jazz photography, including the brilliantly unpredictable Miles Davis, the master of free jazz John Coltrane, the regal Ella Fitzgerald and the percussive Thelonious Monk.
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Nancy Sinatra Dancing
Photo by: Giovanni Coruzzi / Bridgeman Images
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Nat King Cole And His Son
Photo by: Bridgeman Images
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Count Basie, 1965
Photo by: Bridgeman Images
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Winehouse, London
Photo by: Jake Chessum
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Amy In The Caff
Photo by: Jake Chessum
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Quincy Jones & Stevie Wonder
Photo by: George Lange
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Miles Davis Live in New York 1982
Photo by: George Lange
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Holiday in the 1940s
Photo by: Bridgeman Images
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Miles Davis, 1958
Photo by: Robert W. Kelley © Life Picture Collection
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Noel Coward
Photo by: Loomis Dean © Life Picture Collection
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Miles Davis Smoking
Photo by: Robert W. Kelley © Life Picture Collection
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Jam Session with Billie Holiday
Photo by: Gjon Mili © Life Picture Collection
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Sinatra Recording
Photo by: Dezo Hoffmann
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Sinatra’s and Yul Brynner
Photo by: John Dominis © Life Picture Collection
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