When: through July 1, 2016
If you're interested in musicians, now's the time to visit the American History Museum. In addition to the displays on Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles I discussed earlier, the Archives Center on the first floor has devoted their cases to photographs by Francis Wolff, a co-founder and the official photographer of Blue Note Records, an important American jazz label.
Wolff and his co-founder, Alfred Lion, first heard jazz in their native Berlin, and after they moved to the United States, they made a career of producing jazz albums.
The display consists of Wolff's gorgeous photographs and album covers that feature his images. Even though I'm pretty ignorant of jazz and its history, I could still appreciate the talent behind the pictures.
Verdict: If you are interested in jazz history or photography, have a look at this display. You could see it and the Sinatra and Charles displays in a lunch hour very easily.
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