Illustrations by Cliff Roberts from “The First Book of Jazz” by Langston Hughes – 1955

March 10, 2010

Mr. Langston Hughes

I just picked up a vintage copy of “The First Book of Jazz” by Langston Hughes (1955). The illustrations by Cliff Roberts are incredible. The style reminds me of one of my favorite jazz album cover artists Jim Flora. I found the illustration set here.

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5 Responses to “Illustrations by Cliff Roberts from “The First Book of Jazz” by Langston Hughes – 1955”

  1. Axis said
    March 11, 2010 at 3:54 pm

    cool pictures!
    and as always, impeccable your posts!
    greetings!!

    Axis 🙂

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  2. kevin said
    March 25, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    watch this;

    from the disney rarities dvd.

    my initial comment was going to be critical of disney for ripping off this illustrator, until i noticed the disney cartoon is dated 1953.

    he isn’t listed as a conceptual designer either.

    go figure.

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  3. Jazz Illustrated | shelleysdavies.com said
    June 7, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    […] Roberts… with a nice set of his images at TheInvisibleAgent…and […]

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  5. Ilona said
    May 3, 2012 at 1:13 am

    Thanks for the post; this guy’s work is sublime!

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