Masters of Jazz ( Images | Introduction | Print Sales )

Hodgson's photographs of the American Jazz legends of the 1950s and 60s were taken during live London performances and capture the immediacy and spontaneity of the jazz movement. The photographs not only demonstrate his great skill at capturing the moment but they also convey his pure passion of jazz. He has photographed such luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Lionel Hampton and Jimmy Rushing.

The images illustrated are a very small selection from a larger body of work.