Drawn

I love the scratchy lines of David Stone Martin, whose illustrations graced a wealth of jazz records in the 1950s and 60s. The always comprehensive Leif Peng, whose blog Today’s Inspiration remains the greatest treasure trove of illustration history on the Internet, has been documenting the work of DSM in his most recent posts: Modernism Meets Traditionalism, Early Days, For the Record, and “…unusal pictures, vitalized by many strange textures.”

Don’t miss Leif’s David Stone Martin Flickr set.

UPDATE:(Ward pipes in) There’s another great Flickr set featuring more of David Stone Martin’s album cover work from Fox Music: David Stone Martin – The Art of Jazz — Record Cover Art.