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Meade Lux Lewis - Cat House Piano - Verve - 1955 - cover David Stone Martin??

Artist David Stone Martin made the sound of jazz visible through his amazing, rhythmic drawings which graced the covers of many great jazz albums.

David Stone Martin, writes Henry C. Pitc in the April 1950 issue of American Artist, "is a superb draftsman. He has a penetrating interest in human beings and the ability to reveal character. He has technical mastery. All this is sparked by physical energy and mental curiosity." "He has tried practically every pictorial tool, but one of his favorites is the crowquill pen-point. He uses it like a brush, freely, but deliberately. At times he allows it to produce the thin whisper of a line that…

David Stone Martin and his jazz album cover design. Notes and pictures from Birka Jazz Archive.

David Stone Martin, writes Henry C. Pitc in the April 1950 issue of American Artist, "is a superb draftsman. He has a penetrating interest in human beings and the ability to reveal character. He has technical mastery. All this is sparked by physical energy and mental curiosity." "He has tried practically every pictorial tool, but one of his favorites is the crowquill pen-point. He uses it like a brush, freely, but deliberately. At times he allows it to produce the thin whisper of a line that…

I've recently become aware of David Stone Martin's work. Really great stuff....