Sunday Moodboard: The Art of David Stone Martin

What happens when you take one of the greatest saxophonists of all time, put him in a style, and give him the best album artwork designer in jazz history? You get this all time classic. The 2020 Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B song of the same name really dances on the grave of this one. RIP sweet prince.

Amazing to give Gus Johnson the cover of this Count Basie Big Band classic. Like having a super team with Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant and acting like Draymond Green is the glue holding it all together. Wait —

I always wonder when you have a group of immensely talented individuals like this, how they decide whose name goes on it. Do they flip a coin? Rock, paper, scissors? Or is it like when you turn in a group project and the person who hands it in writes their name first?

Years later, all the girls who cut their bangs in their bathroom all post things that look like this on their Instagram. Going to take a guess and say that’s probably not what Martin had envisioned when he designed it, but hey. Congrats on the longevity I guess.

Man, imagine being born with the name Dizzy Gillespie. You just have to be a jazz star at that point. My parents named me Daniel, so I’m destined to be, like, an accountant or something. Really unfair.

All photos courtesy of David Stone Martin.