A warm and intimate portrait of London's most legendary jazz venue
Ronnie Scott's in London is one of the world's most celebrated jazz
clubs. Freddy Warren began photographing Ronnie Scott's when it was
still a construction site, and went on to photograph every major
happening at the club for more than ten years. Warren's appreciation and
love of jazz and its characters suffused his photos, as he sought to
capture "the atmosphere--the 'aurora' as I call it--the movement ... the
fantastic communication between the players, that makes jazz what it
is."
Ronnie Scott's 1959-69, published to celebrate the club's 60th
anniversary, is the first time Warren's vast archive of jazz photos has
been accessed; nearly all the images included in this publication are
completely unseen.
In this volume you will find photographs of Ronnie warming his hands
around a fire on the construction site and inspecting the walls as they
went up, followed by performance shots of the greats of jazz including
Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Duke Ellington, Nina
Simone and many more. Powerful on-stage portraits are accompanied by
relaxed off-stage moments, such as Yusef Lateef holding an impromptu
meeting around soup pots in the kitchen. Ronnie Scott's 1959-69 is a
warm and intimate portrait of a legendary jazz venue.
