Petersen Antiques Photography

Ray Charles at The North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague. Very large, high resolution, signed and numbered print, made from the original negative on archival quality, acid free paper. This process is supervised, numbered and signed by the artist, along with signed “Certificate of Authenticity” with matching edition number and complimentary copy of "The Man Who Used Jazz For Justice". This acclaimed biography will be signed and dedicated, if so desired. These prints are made in 2020, using a negative from 1990. Petersen Antiques and 1stDibs have exclusive rights to this historic series of photographs by Photographer Tad Hershorn. They can not be purchased anywhere else! As the friend and authorized biographer to the legendary Norman Granz (founder of Verve Records, the music label that turned these great artists into superstars), Tad Hershorn had the opportunity to shoot these pictures. While interviewing Granz and collecting material for the Biography,. "The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice", Hershorn frequently travelled with Granz and the artists allowing him intimate access to them! In the late 1940s, Ray Charles Robinson was entranced (as many were) by the jazz pianist and silky vocals of Nat Cole...

Very large, high resolution, signed and numbered print, made from the original negative on archival quality, acid free paper. This process is supervised, numbered and signed by the a...