Jazz aficionados would appreciate this book by photographer Kathy Sloane about the Keystone Korner, a historic jazz club tucked into a small San Francisco street in the 1970’s that lured jazz greats (such as Charles Mingus, above or Dexter Gordon, below) into this tiny club. Sloane’s book has pics of them all in that wonderful jazz style that melds perfectly with the music. The captures are truly of a bygone era that was at once hypnotic, baffling and magical. I hate to give them all away here, please visit her site at kathysloanephotographer.com to see more.
(All photos copyright Kathy Sloane)
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thanks for this lovely comment, june.
slight correction: keystone korner was not in business until 1972..not around in the 60’s!!
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Oops!! Thanks for the correction Kathy! I wish you all the best with your book! I’m definitely planning on getting a copy!
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Keystone Korner:Portrait of a Jazz Club is leading a charmed life. It recently won Book of the Year: Gold from Foreword Reviews. https://botya.forewordreviews.com/finalists/2011/performing-arts/
Thanks for your kind support.
Kathy
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That’s great news…books like yours keep jazz alive! I hope it inspires someone to open a new Keystone Korner some day.
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that would be marvelous.
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thanks for running this wonderful review of my book again, with the photo of mingus. i didn’t photograph mingus at keystone korner, and so unfortunately the photo does not appear in my book. ( i’m thinking about volume 2: “other than keystone”.) this photos of charles mingus was made during’ last concert in san francisco, at the great american music hall.
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I planned to have this blog post about your work in general because I fell in love with all of it. Then I discovered you actually had a boook, so I decided to write about the book. I led with the picture of Mingus because that’s how I discovered your amazing work–sure glad I did! I certainly would love to see a book featuring your work outside of the Keystone! Thank you so much for clarifying!
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thanks for the encouragement for another book!
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Anytime!
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Do you have any idea who the photog might have been and a possible year for the MIngus photo? Thankxx… loving the book and your work, Kathy!! So glad to see a woman behind the JAZZ camera for once. We hear so much about Wolff, Gottlieb & other male photogs that I was excited to own your book!
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Kathy Sloane also took the Mingus photo, but it’s not in the Keystone book. You can message her on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/kathy.sloane.5?ref=ts — sure she would love to hear from you!
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i made the photograph of mingus in 1977. this was at his last concert in san francisco.
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My partner and I have a Fb page called JAZZ STAGE and we post hundreds of unique JAZZ pix, original JAZZ art, videos and news articles. I posted Mingus and Dexter today and always give credit whenever I can as well as a website & if the pix or original art is for sale. I’m going back to edit the post to reflect your comments. Thankxx for the rapid fire response. http://www.facebook.com/JAZZSTAGE
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thanks, june.
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