(MUSIC) Leonard Herman; photographer Miles Davis Birdland 19

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(MUSIC.) Leonard, Herman; photographer. "Miles Davis, Birdland 1949." Gelatin silver print; 14 x 11 inches; pencil number "9542" on verso; signed and captioned by the photographer in lower margin. [New York], 1949?; printed circa 1980s

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We haven't been able to trace a 1949 Miles Davis appearance at the legendary New York club Birdland--it did not open until 15 December of that year. However, he did record there on 18 February 1950, and made numerous other appearances in its early years. The photographer Herman Leonard (1923-2010) was the son of Romanian Jewish immigrants who was best known for his work with jazz greats from the late 1940s through the 1960s. with--"Miles Davis, Montreux 1991," 14 x 11 inches, signed and captioned by Leonard in 1991.