dust and drag

September 9, 2011 with 91 notes

tags: friday feature. photo archive. ckck. miles davis. jazz. percy heath. gil goggins. jimmy heath. 50s. francis wolff. portrait. photograph. photo. photography.

ckck:

Miles Davis during a recording session with Percy Heath, Gil Goggins and Jimmy Heath at WOR Studios, New York City. April 20th, 1953.

Photograph by Francis Wolff.

September 9, 2011 with 175 notes

tags: Jazz. Miles Davis. mp3. music. my funny valentine. jazz. columbia records. 50s. john coltrane. bill evans. julian cannonball adderley. paul chambers. jimmy cobb.

crashinglybeautiful:

Miles Davis - “My Funny Valentine,” Live

Recorded live at a Columbia Records party in the Persian Room of New York’s Plaza Hotel on September 9th, 1958. Playing with Davis were John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb.

Thank you, ckck & chairofbullies.

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June 29, 2011 with 234 notes

tags: Robert Frank. U.S. 285. New Mexico. black and white. photograph. photography. 50s.

arsvitaest:

crashinglybeautiful:

Robert Frank, U.S. 285, New Mexico, 1955
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June 24, 2011 with 2,985 notes

tags: Ray Bradbury. Dandelion Wine. 50s. novel. autobiographical. quote. book. book excerpt. author. youth.

Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I’m one of them.

—Ray Bradbury Dandelion Wine (via thatkindofwoman)

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June 21, 2011 with 4,484 notes

tags: Paul Newman. The Young Philadelphians. screencap. film still. actor. film. 50s. Vincent Sherman.