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Burt Goldblatt (born 1924 in Dorchester , † August 30, 2006 in Boston ) was an American art director , graphic designer , photographer and author who became known for his covers of jazz albums .

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Burt Goldblatt served in the Pacific during World War II; after the end of the war he studied at the Massachusetts College of Art. After graduation, he worked in a printing company and self-taught photography. After working as a freelance graphic designer in Boston for a while, he moved to New York, where he worked for the television station CBS from 1953 to 1955 . Then he shifted his activities to the design of LP covers. Goldblatt worked from 1955 for the major labels Decca and Atlantic Records and sub -labels such as EmArcy Records , but also for small record companies such as Savoy , Roost , Jolly Roger and Bethlehem Records . For the Bethlehem label alone, Goldblatt was responsible for 40 25 cm LPs between 1953 and 1955 and for 160 30 cm LPs by 1962. These include productions by jazz musicians such as Chris Connor , Duke Ellington , Billie Holiday , Herbie Mann , Carmen McRae , Charles Mingus , Oscar Pettiford , Eddie Shu and Kai Winding .

His trademarks were abstract caricatures and distorted portraits as well as the photographic cover design (as for Bethlehem), which he combined with lyrically accentuated typography. Inspired by film noir , he used his own black and white portraits and studio photographs as well as street scenes, which he overlaid with abstract color surfaces. To this end, he often stayed in recording studios and night clubs, where he took countless photos that he later used for his cover designs. He was also friends with jazz musicians; the pianist Bud Powell dedicated to him in 1953 the composition Burt Covers Bud , which is based on the chords of the standard Lover, Come Back to Me .

In the 1960s, Goldblatt, who at that time mostly worked for Columbia Records and RCA Victor , also designed the covers of gospel and pop albums before he became a book author because of the changing style of the music industry. He has co-authored books such as Mobs and the Mafia, Starring Fred Astaire, and Baseball's Best ; he also wrote a book about the Newport Jazz Festival and compiled his jazz photography for publications. Goldblatt died in Boston at the age of 82.

Fonts (selection)

  • Theodore O. Cron, Burt Goldblatt: Portrait of Carnegie Hall: A Nostalgic Portrait in Pictures . 1966
  • Paul D. Zimmerman , Burt Goldblatt: The Marx Brothers at the Movies . New York, Putnam's 1968
  • Robert Shelton and Burt Goldblatt: Country Music Story: A Picture History of Country and Western Music . New Rochelle, Arlington House 1971
  • Burt Goldblatt and Chris Steinbrunner: Cinema of the Fantastic . New York, Galahad Books 1972
  • Hank Messick and Burt Goldblatt: The Mobs and the Mafia. The illustrated History of Organized Crime . New York, Th. Y. Crowell 1972
  • Hank Messick, Burt Goldblatt: Kidnapping: The Illustrated History . 1974
  • John Devaney and Burt Goldblatt: The Stanley Cup - A Complete Pictorial History. Rand McNally & Company. Chicago, 1975
  • Martin Appel and Burt Goldblatt: Baseball's Best: The Hall of Fame Gallery . New York, McGraw-Hill, 1977
  • Burt Goldblatt: The Newport Jazz Festival : The Illustrated History . New York, Dial Press, 1977
  • John Devaney and Burt Goldblatt with Barbara Devaney: The World Series: A Complete Pictorial History . Chicago, Rand McNally, 1981

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gramophone, Volume 41, Part 2. C. Mackenzie, 1964
personal data
SURNAME Goldblatt, Burt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art director, graphic designer, photographer, and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorchester
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 2006
Place of death Boston