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Jan Persson (born July 22, 1943) has worked as freelance photographer since 1962 for Danish newspapers and magazines in and around Copenhagen. Early on he specialized on documenting the jazz scene, later also the visiting beat and rock musicians who visited Copenhagen during the sixties and the seventies. His works has been documented in a series of books and exhibitions (see bibliography and exhibitions) and his pictures are used on more than 1000 album and CD covers. Persson has supplied photos to ''Down Beat'' since 1962, ''Jazz Special'' (DK), ''Musica Jazz'' (IT), ''Melody Maker'' (UK) and Danish newspapers ''Politiken'', ''Berlingske Tidende'' and ''Ekstra Bladet''. Persson received the Ben Webster Prize in March 2004. His photographs were published by a number of magazines, reissue record companies, and documentary films on the history of both jazz and rock music. Persson's jazz and rock photographs feature American jazz greats Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis to rock icons Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. His photo archives have been exhibited internationally. More than (15.000 pictures ) are now in the files of Aalborg University in Denmark. ==Bibliography== (Jan Persson's books (primarily in Danish) ): * * * * Finn Slumstrup Gyldendals bog om Jazz ("Gyldendal's Book on Jazz") (Gyldendal Publ. Coorp., 2003) * Erik Moseholm Den Hemmelige Krystal ("The Secret Crystal")(elkjaeroghansen, 2003) * Peter H. Larsen & Thorbjørn Sjøgren NHØP (Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen)(Gyldendal Publ. Company, 2005) * Torben Bille & Jan Persson: Gas (Gasolin) (Gyldendal Publ. Company, 2006) * Finn Slumstrup Jazz – En musikalske guide (Gyldendal, 2007) * Torben Bille & Jan Persson Midt i en Beattid (“The World’s Greatest Rock Stars in Denmark 1964-74”) (Gyldendal Publ. Company, 2008) * Christian Munch-Hansen By af Jazz (“City of Jazz”) (Thanning og Appel 2008) * Frank Büchmann-Møller & Henrik Wolsgaard-Iversen Montmartre, Jazzhuset i St. Regnegade 19, København K (Jazzsign & Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2008) * Tore Mortensen Fortællinger om Jazzen. (“Tellings of Jazz”) (Aalborg Universitetsforlag 2010) * * ;FURTHER REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS: * Lee Tanner The Jazz Image, Masters of Jazz Photography (Harry N. Abrams, New York 2006) * Richard Williams Dylan, A Man Called Alias (Bloomsbury, London 1992) * Richard Williams Miles Davis, The Man In The Green Shirt (Bloomsbury,London 1993) * Richard Williams Jazz, A Photographic Documentary (Studio Editions Ltd., London 1994) * Lee Tanner & Lee Hildebrand Images of the Blues (Freedman/Fairfax, New York 1998) * Scatti Jazz: La Tradizion del nuova (Lucianno Vanni Editore,Milano 2003) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Persson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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