{"value"=>"<p>The collection holds a rich and extensive photographic component which was transferred to the Schomburg Photographs and Prints Division. Dating from the late 1940s to 2013, the photographs contain performance shots; portraits and publicity images of Rollins; informal photos taken on tour, on vacation, or at the Rollins homes in Germantown, New York or New York City; photographs of Rollins with colleagues, friends and family; images of other people; and photographs of events such as the Kennedy Center Honors and award ceremonies at the White House. Photographs can also be found with letters in Series IV.</p> <p>Photographs of Rollins in performance, often sent as a courtesy to Rollins by the photographers, offer extensive coverage of his concerts in the United States, Europe, and Japan. The earliest feature him in performance with Art Blakey, Tommy Potter, and Kenny Dorham. They also include shots with the Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet of the mid-1950s; with his early-60s group featuring Jim Hall; his mid-60s band with Don Cherry; and later groups featuring Mark Soskin, Jerome Harris, Al Foster, Clifton Anderson, Stephen Scott, and other musicians. Performance shots can also be found in the informal photos taken on tour.</p> <p>The informal photographs include shots of Japanese tours of the late-1960s and early-1980s; these include images of Larry Ridley, Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, and Joe Zawinul. They also contain a large number of photos taken on vacations or at home.</p> <p>The portraits, dating from the late-1950s to 2008, include the work of photographers with whom Rollins had long-term working relationships and friendships, such as Katsuji Abé and John Abbott. The portraits contain performance photographs, but most are studio portraits used for publicity purposes. One set of photographs from the 1980s, taken for a Japanese magazine, features Rollins on the Williamsburg Bridge.</p> <p>The publicity photos date primarily from Rollins's years with Milestone Records (1970s to the 2000s), but also include a few from 1957 to 1963.</p> <p>Photographs of Rollins with others include Dizzy Gillespie, Hank Jones, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Orrin Keepnews, Max Roach, Jim Hall, Bob Cranshaw, Roy Haynes, Jimmy Heath, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Oscar Pettiford, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ronnie Scott, Ravi Coltrane, Christian McBride, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Cosby, Hillary Clinton, Sigurd Raschèr, and many others. Also present are photos of Rollins sent to him by fans. There are very few photographs of Rollins with his wife or family in the collection.</p> <p>Photographs of other people (without Rollins) include a set of prints of other jazz musicians (with Rollins's commentary on them for <span class=\"title\">Life</span> magazine), John Coltrane (in performance in 1964), David S. Ware, Benny Carter, Bud Powell, Paul Bley, Roy McCurdy, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Stitt, Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Terri Lyne Carrington, Sigurd Raschèr, and Masahiro Oki (Rollins's yoga instructor in Japan). Some of these prints are autographed.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Photographs must be consulted in the Photographs and Prints Division.</p>"}