history

I was going through some archives last night when I found this shot, taken during a break on a day Melody was mixing "My One and Only Thrill" downstairs at Capital Records while I was upstairs working on our design of the album cover. She's stretching due to a bad back, one of the complications of the accident that inevitably led to her career as a musician.

The room is studio A, where Sinatra recorded some of his biggest hits, and the Steinway was Cole Porter's.

This image made me think of David Burnett, a friend of Robb Scharetg who I've had the pleasure of meeting over beers one night at a local hang. He has over forty years of covering ... everything. Take a minute and click on the link to his site; it's inspirational, and reminds me that following your camera long enough will let you in on some amazing moments in the history of things.

If I disassociate myself from this photo and what it may mean to me personally, it's a moment in history when a beautiful girl with an amazing talent takes her place in the history of jazz greats.