Framed Vintage Music Art
Nothing calls to mind the grandeur of Jazz Age clubs and the New York underground scene, or the counterculture of 1960s psychedelia, or the artful decorum of pre-Renaissance courtly romance and religion, like framed vintage music posters.
As enduring and iconic as music is across time periods, the art that accompanies it is equally timeless, able to call to mind eras and experiences and historical significance in the form of a near-forgotten album cover or a tour poster of a truly legendary event.
One such framed vintage music poster is an ad for a Thelonious Monk concert that occurred in New York City on February 28th, 1959. That year in particular was an astonishingly momentous one for jazz music as a whole, as it saw the development of new styles of playing and improvisation and the release of several landmark albums. Therefore this framed poster in particular is a token of not only aesthetic value, but artistic and historical significance.
Similar framed vintage music poster art prints exist for album covers of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, as well as promotional art for Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins. Even Louis Armstrong is represented under his nickname, “Satchmo.” These relics of concerts and albums and special tours gone by hold a special significance for those who may have been around for the original performances the posters advertise, but equally so for those who wish they had been.
Reliving the past through art and music is a common experience, and many people choose to use these posters and album covers as a way to do just that, immortalizing their appreciation for artists gone by. The black – and – white poster image of Jimi Hendrix on tour in Copenhagen in 1970 is not only a photographic rendering of a legendary artist in his prime, but a way for all of his fans past and present to reconnect with what his music meant to them, and to preserve it as framed vintage music art.