Ted Williams Photography
American, 1925-2009
Ted Williams first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway broadcast from Chicago's legendary Grand Terrace Ballroom inspired him. In the late 1940s, Williams merged his love of music and photography and moved to Chicago where he captured unguarded photographic studies of some of the era's greatest jazz musicians.
Williams’s work appeared in major international publications, including Time, Newsweek, Look, Playboy and Ebony. His coverage of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival landed him a spectacular 21-page layout in DownBeat magazine. Williams was active on the jazz scene from the late 1940s until the late 1970s. He photographed many of the greats in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong.
Williams’s historic archive runs to more than 100,000 images and comprises perhaps the most intimate and complete collection of jazz’s greatest musicians at work, rest and play.
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(Biography provided by International Fine Arts Consortium – IFAC Arts)
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Artist: Ted Williams
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Dr. Martin Luther King waves to the crowds as he drives in a motorcade on the way to make a speech at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964.
Ted Williams (1925-2009) first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authent...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'John Coltrane playing the saxophone'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
John Coltrane playing the saxophone
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Ca...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Dr. Martin Luther King makes a sp...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Sarah Vaughan'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Sarah Vaughan
1948 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authentic...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Louis Armstrong, Photography 1962, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Louis Armstrong At the University of Chicago Theater in the Round, IL
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24" Edition of 25
30”x40" Edi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Miles Davis (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Miles Davis (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £1,200
20x24: £2,640
30x40: £3,960
40x60: £7,500
Estate-stamped and numbered on reverse.
Edit...
Category
Late 20th Century Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Billie Holliday'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Billie Holiday
1948 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Billie Holiday on-stage...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Louis Armstrong, 1962 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Louis Armstrong, 1962 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £1,200
20x24: £2,640
30x40: £3,960
40x60: £7,500
Estate-stamped and numbered on rev...
Category
Late 20th Century Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter & Johnny Griffin'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter & Johnny Griffin for Downbeat Magazine
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Cannonball Adderley at the Blue Note'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
"Cannonball" Adderley at the Blue Note
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Charlie Byrd playing the guitar'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Charlie Byrd playing the guitar
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Captio...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Count Basie'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Count Basie
1950's (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Count Basie at the Trian...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Dizzy Gillespie for Downbeat Magazine'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
"Cannonball" Adderley at the Blue Note
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Dr. Martin Luther King makes a sp...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Louis Armstrong'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Louis Armstrong
1962 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
20 x 24 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Louis Armstrong on-sta...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Duke Ellington'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Duke Ellington
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authent...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Louis Armstrong'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Louis Armstrong
1962 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Louis Armstrong on-sta...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Nichelle Nichols dancing at Count Basie's party'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter & Johnny Griffin for Downbeat Magazine
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Duke Ellington'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Duke Ellington
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Duke Ellington on stage...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Billie Holliday'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Billie Holiday
1948 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 40 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Billie Holiday on-stage...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Count Basie'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Count Basie
1950's (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 40 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Count Basie at the Trian...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Count Basie (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Count Basie (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £1,200
20x24: £2,640
30x40: £3,960
40x60: £7,500
Estate-stamped an...
Category
Late 20th Century Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Dr. Martin Luther King makes a speech at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964. The same day of the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ted Williams (1925-2009) first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tony Bennett, 1961 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Tony Bennett, 1961 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
Estate-stamped and numbered on reverse.
Edition of 25 per size.
Amer...
Category
Late 20th Century Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paul Desmond, 1959 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Paul Desmond, 1959 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £1,200
20x24: £2,640
30x40: £3,960
40x60: £7,500
Estate-stamped and numbered on revers...
Category
Late 20th Century Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Count Basie, 1962 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Count Basie, 1962 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £1,200
20x24: £2,640
30x30: £3,960
48x48: £6,000
Estate-stamped ...
Category
Late 20th Century Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dizzy Gillespie, 1960 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Dizzy Gillespie, 1960 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £1,200
20x24: £2,640
30x30: £3,960
48x48: £6,000
Estate-stamped and numbered on rev...
Category
Late 20th Century Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ella Fitzgerald, 1961 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Ella Fitzgerald, 1961 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £1,200
20x24: £2,640
30x40: £3,960
40x60: £7,500
Est...
Category
Late 20th Century Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ray Charles, 1972 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Ray Charles, 1972 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £1,200
20x24: £2,640
30x40: £3,960
40x60: £7,500
Estate-stamped and numbered on reverse.
Edition of 25 per size.
American singer, songwriter, composer and pianist, Ray Charles performing during a recording for The Carol Burnett...
Category
Late 20th Century Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paul Desmond, 1965 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Paul Desmond, 1965 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
Silver Gelatin Print
16x20: £1,200
20x24: £2,640
30x40: £3,960
40x60: £7,500
Estate-stamped and numbered on revers...
Category
Late 20th Century Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Odetta Holmes, Photography 1961, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as “The Voice of the Civil Rights Move...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Man reading Billboard Magazine, Chicago, 1958, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Portrait of a man reading Billboard Magazine at a newstand, 1950s, Chicago, USA.
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24" Edition of 25
...
Category
1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Carmen McRae Chicago Hotel Room, Photography 1956, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
American jazz singer Carmen McRae smoking and applying make-up in her Chicago Hotel Room, 1956.
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24"...
Category
1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams-Dr. Martin Luther King, IL Rally, Soldier Field 1964, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Dr. Martin Luther King at Chicago Rally at Soldier Field
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Crowds at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Two Members of The Almighty Vice Lord Nation 1958, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Two Members of The Almighty Vice Lord Nation Chicago
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Two young members of The Almighty Vice Lord Nation photographed on the streets of C...
Category
1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Dr. Martin Luther King at Soldier Field in IL 1964, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Dr. Martin Luther King at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Dr. Martin Luther King at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams-Dr. Martin Luther King at Soldier Field Chicago 1964, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Dr. Martin Luther King at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964
Available sizes:
20”x16" Ed...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field, IL, 1964, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field, Chicago
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Crowds at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Benny Golson DownBeat Magazine, Photography 1960, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24" Edition of 25
30”x30" Edition of 25
48”x48” Edition of 25
This photograph will be printed once ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Sarah Vaughan Chicago, IL, Photography 1948, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
A portrait of American jazz singer and Grammy Award winner, Sarah Vaughan in her dressing room at the Chicago theatre, IL, 1948.
Available size...
Category
1940s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Gene Lees playing chess with Dizzy Gillespie, 1960, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist and former journalist Gene Lees playing chess with American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, Dizzy Gil...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Charles Mingus Rhode Island, Photography 1959, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Charles Mingus On-stage at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 1959
Available sizes:
20”x16" Edition of 25
24”x20" Edition of 25
40”x30" ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Miles Davis Dressing Room, Photography 1960, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
American jazz musician, bandleader and composer Miles Davis playing the trumpet in a dressing room before a performance.
Available sizes:
20”x...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Dizzy Gillespie DownBeat Magazine, 1960, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Dizzy Gillespie. Outtake from a cover shoot for DownBeat magazine, June 23, 1960
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24" Edition of 25
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Chicago, 1961, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
The Dave Brubeck Quartet At Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, Chicago, April 1961
Available sizes:
16”x20" Edition of 25
20”x24" Edition of 2...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Dinah Washington, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 1956, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Dinah Washington, Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
American singer and pianist, Dinah Washington on stage at Civic Opera House, Chicago, I...
Category
1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams-Sam Jones Playing Double Bass Smoking Cigarette 1958, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Sam Jones Playing the Double Bass Smoking a Cigarette
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Close-up of jazz double bassist, cellist and composer, Sam Jones playing the doubl...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams - Eleanora Fagan aka Billie Holiday, 1958, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
American jazz musician and singer-songwriter Eleanora Fagan, professionally known as Billie Holiday, performing on stage.
Available sizes:
16”...
Category
1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams-Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter and Johnny Griffin 1960, Printed After
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter and Johnny Griffin
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver
Left to Right: Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter and Johnny Griffin on the corner of Michigan ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Civil Rights'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Civil Rights, 1964
Silver gelatin print
20 x 24 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Crowds line the stands to observe a speech ...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Civil Rights'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Civil Rights, 1964
Silver gelatin print
20 x 24 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Crowds line the...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King, Chicago'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Dr. Martin Luther King makes a sp...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dr. Martin Luther King
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Civil Rights
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Civil Rights, 1964
Silver gelatin print
20 x 24 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Crowds line the...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964
Silver gelatin print
20 x 24 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authent...
Category
1960s Modern Ted Williams Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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