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Paris Blues Revisited: Romare Bearden, Albert Murray and Sam Shaw On view September 24 – February 28 The exhibit is FREE and open to the public: Designed as a book-on-the-wall, Paris Blues Revisited presents fine reproductions of collages by Romare Bearden, writing by Albert Murray and photographs by Sam Shaw. Following the Shaw-produced film Paris Blues, these three men decided to improvise their own Paris Blues – a collaborative picture-and-writing book celebrating Paris as well as Duke Ellington, co-composer (with Billy Strayhorn) of the movie's soundtrack and Louis Armstrong, one of that movie's stars. That book was never completed. Here, for the first time, finished pages, some of them unmistakable masterworks, as well as works-in-progress make clear the power of jazz to inspire collaborations of long-lasting beauty.
Paris Blues Revisited is curated by Robert G. O’Meally, C. Daniel Dawson and Diedra Harris Kelley, and designed by Florio Design. This exhibition is made possible by a generous gift from Janice and Bob Burns. Art© Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photos by Sam Shaw, © 1960-2011, Sam Shaw Inc., Courtesy of Shaw Family Archives Ltd. Special thanks to Albert Murray, Mozelle Murray, and Michele Murray.
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s curatorial group consists of Robert G. O’Meally, C. Daniel Dawson,
Diedra Harris-Kelley, and Linda Florio (designer). Tad Hershorn of the Institute of Jazz Studies,
Rutgers University, is a special curatorial advisor for this exhibit. The group’s interns are Imani
Owens and Simone Eccleston. Many thanks to Miles Davis and JR Sanders for helping shape this
exhibition, to Nick Low and TVO for generously providing their films, and to Universal Music
Group and Smithsonian Folkways. Our special gratitude goes to Tony Martin, whose participation
made this exhibition possible, and to Jean Bubley and Fred Cohen for their invaluable expertise.
Many thanks also to Gary Alderman, Sarah K. Khan, Hollis King and Marc Miller for their guidance.
All the album cover art is from the collections of the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
and from the Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Romare Bearden Foundation are pleased to present this exhibition as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of Bearden's birth. For more information, please visit