New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - On November 20, 2008 the Morrison Hotel Gallery and Sony
Music Entertainment's ICON Collectibles will present "THE GENIUS OF MILES DAVIS...The Columbia Years," a photographic exhibition celebrating one of the 20th century's most profoundly influential musicians at the gallery's Bowery location. The exhibit will feature rare and never before seen limited edition fine art prints of Davis taken by Sony staff photographer Don Hunstein, Herman Leonard, Jim Marshall and Lee Wiener between 1955 and 1985. Sixteen 30 x 40 prints will be on display and available for sale at the gallery. Each print has been hand selected from Sony's vast music photography archive, and represents a unique piece of musical history.
This is the second show since the groundbreaking partnership between The Morrison Hotel Gallery, the world's leading purveyor of fine art music photography, and Sony Music Entertainment"s ICON Collectibles. In May 2008 the two companies announced an exclusive joint relationship to exhibit and sell images from Sony's music photography archive of over 1.2 million images.
Miles Davis was at the forefront of virtually every major development in jazz from World War II through the 1990s. Following the March 1957 release of 'Round About Midnight,' his debut recording for Columbia Records, Davis went on to create an unbroken string of groundbreaking albums for the label, his musical home for more than 20 years. Among his monumental accomplishments during a phenomenally productive period on Columbia Records, Miles pioneered a post-bebop modal jazz with his 1959 masterpiece, 'Kind of Blue' (still one of the most commercially and artistically successful jazz albums of all time) and launched an ongoing musical revolution with a radical fusion of jazz, rock, funk, electronic and ambient elements on albums including 'In A Silent Way' (1969), 'Bitches Brew' (1970), and 'On The Corner' (1972).
About The Morrison Hotel Gallery: Founded in 2001 by former record company executive and producer Peter Blachley, former independent record store-owner Rich Horowitz, and music photographer Henry Diltz, The Morrison Hotel Gallery has grown to become the major brand in fine art music photography. With already thriving locations in Soho in NYC, La Jolla and Los Angeles, CA MHG opened its largest location to date in March 2008, at 313 Bowery Street in NYC, former home to the legendary CBGB Gallery.
About Icon-Collectibles: ICON Collectibles, founded in 2007, is a business specializing in selling unique Fine Art Prints, Music Plaques, Canvas Cover Art and one of a kind memorabilia featuring a diversified collection of some of the worlds greatest artists including: Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Tony Bennet, Billy Joel, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald and Muhammad Ali. Powered by Sony Music Entertainment, ICON is headquartered in New York City. For more information and to purchase photos from the Sony archives go to www.icon-collectibles.com
WHO: The Morrison Hotel Gallery and Sony Music Entertainment's ICON Collectibles
WHAT: "THE GENIUS OF MILES DAVIS...The Columbia Years"
WHEN: Thursday, November 20 From 7pm - 10pm
WHERE: Morrison Hotel Gallery, Bowery 313 Bowery, NYC, 212-677-2253
