The Associated Press: Music photographer William Claxton dies at 80

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William Claxton, 1928-2008
Published 10/13/2008 at Rifftides
... array of personalities including Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Igor Stravinsky, Fred Astaire, Joan Baez, Steve McQueen, Chris Rock and Benicio Del Toro. Clax was a friend, a colleague, good company and -- in a category that has seemed sparsely populated in our hard, fast world -- a gentleman, meaning that he was kind, polite and unfailingly considerate. To see some of Bill Claxton's work go here. Obituaries are just beginning to show up on the internet. Here is an early one from the Associated Press.

William Claxton, R.I.P. [Obituaries]
Published 10/15/2008 by Michaelangelo Matos at Idolator
... a $200-retail oversize Taschen volume by the master jazz photographer William Claxton, who died Sunday. This was his major work, the chronicle of a year-long trip around the U.S. talking to and snapping as many musicians as he could meet along the way. I've had the opportunity to thumb through a display copy or two, but to give you an idea, Taschen's site has a gallery from it. Claxton also shot countless jazz album covers and was a founding member of the RIAA. He was 80. [AP] ...