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BOOK DESIGN

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ART DIRECTION / DESIGN / LAYOUT /
TYPOGRAPHY / LOGOTYPE / PICTURE EDIT

BLUE NOTE :

UNCOMPROMISING EXPRESSION

 

By RICHARD HAVERS

Forewords by WAYNE SHORTER,

ROBERT GLASPER & DON WAS

400 pages / 1000+ images / 216mm x 277mm

(Thames & Hudson, 2014)

‘LEAPS OFF THE PAGE WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED VISUAL PUNCH.…
BLUE NOTE FINALLY GETS THE BOOK
IT DESERVES'

 

Jazzwise

‘THE BOOK IS SUMPTUOUS, OPULENT, DEFINITIVE. A DREAM COME TRUE
FOR BLUE NOTE FANS...BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND VERY MUCH IN THE BLUE NOTE TRADITION OF STRONG, ARRESTING GRAPHICS.’

 

LondonJazzNews

‘FOR FELLOW WORSHIPPERS AT THE SHRINE OF BLUE NOTE...THE CLOSEST THING THEY'LL FIND TO A HOLY SCRIPTURE ASIDE FROM THE RECORDS THEMSELVES’

 

Prospect Magazine

‘IF YOU REST YOUR FINGER TIPS GENTLY ON THE COVER OF THIS BOOK YOU CAN FEEL THE BEAT PULSATING THROUGH IT....KNOWLEDGEABLY WRITTEN AND BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED WITH A METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL.’

 

Riddlemagazine.com

‘A BOOK, WHICH IS AS HANDSOME AS
A BLUE NOTE RECORD....IT'S BRILLIANT, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.’

 

Robert Elms, London Radio

International editions
Dutch / German / Japanese / French

Paperback edition

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