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  title info:
    title: Wail
    sub title: the visual language of Prestige Records
  name:
    name part: Entwisle, Chris
    name part: 1957-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Havens, Mark
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Rollins, Sonny
    role:
      role term: writer of foreword.
  name:
    name part: Heller, Steven
    role:
      role term: writer of introduction.
  name:
    name part: King, Hollis
    role:
      role term: writer of afterword.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2025
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xix, 338 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
  abstract: "Prestige Records, an independent jazz record label started in New York City in 1949 that was home to such musical giants as Miles Davis and John Coltrane, chronicled the vibrant modern jazz scene of the 1950s. Inspired-and liberated-by contemporary European graphic design and typography movements, Prestige album cover designers employed a wide range of radical visual styles and techniques. Driven by some of the most exhilarating music ever recorded, these album covers provide a compelling panorama of midcentury graphic design. WAIL: The Visual Language of Prestige Records introduces the artists who defined and established a visual language for modern jazz. The book is comprised of meticulously photographed album covers, artifacts, and ephemera, as well as profiles of each of the major graphic designers, artists, and photographers who contributed to the Prestige aesthetic. Drawn from exclusive firsthand interviews and estate materials, these generously illustrated profiles offer cultural context and singular insight into the creative process. Also included are unseen sketches, personal photographs, and unpublished outtakes from album cover shoots, providing a visually stunning picture of the intersection of art and jazz in mid-1950s New York. The result of twenty years of research, WAIL: The Visual Language of Prestige Records documents a period of profound creative brilliance"--
  note: Chris Entwisle, Mark Havens ; Foreword, Sonny Rollins ; Introduction, Steven Heller ; Afterword, Hollis King .
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Sound recordings
    topic: Album covers
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
    temporal: 20th century
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Prestige Records (Firm)
    genre: Archives
  subject:
    topic: Art and music
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
    temporal: 20th century
  subject:
    topic: Modernism (Aesthetics)
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Disques
    topic: Pochettes
    geographic: États-Unis
    topic: Histoire
    temporal: 20e siècle
  subject:
    topic: Art et musique
    geographic: États-Unis
    topic: Histoire
    temporal: 20e siècle
  subject:
    topic: Modernisme (Esthétique)
    geographic: États-Unis
  classification: NC1882.7.J39 E58 2025
  classification: 741.6/6
  identifier: 9781939125910
  identifier: 193912591X
  identifier: 2024053811
  location:
    physical location: POD
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 241113
    record change date: 20260209031341.4
    record identifier: in00005684278
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng