ite photo of Monk by Al Hicks); and he may have done a John Coltrane sleeve. The "Out There" painting WAS out! Its details include music floating out of the earth into the universe. Visual artist Tom Feelings remembers attending a going-away-to-Sweden party for Prophet at Max Roach's house. Described variously as "crazy," "eccentric" and "clairvoyant," Richard Jennings was from Detroit and, according to Ron Carter, now lives in California. Other artists who produced art for record covers may include Tommy Ellis ("Nibbles") and perhaps also Dave Brown, a graphic artist who worked at the NEW YORK TIMES and who, on his own, did many illustrations based on jazz themes. (Visual artists whose works appeared on other types of recordings include Tom Feelings who sold three works in the late 1960s to the owner of Folkways Records and Al Smith who did the cover for the 10-part collection of the songs of the civil rights movement produced by the Smithsonian.) Musicians who have used original art on their covers include the late Sun Ra, Art Ensemble of Chicago; and San Francisco musicians Butch Morris and Horace Tapscott. After helping with the survey, Corrine Jennings reflected on the hard times of some of jazz music's most gifted artists: "Art Blakey told me he hid in Africa for seven years, trying to get out of a recording contract. That's how he got the nickname Buhaina. He liked to lie but I don't think he lied in this case. Albert Ayler ended up floating in a river. Charles Parker died with thirty cents in his pocket. When you think of Coleman Hawkins doing one night stands when he was very elderly, you see we don't control the means of production in any way." But Jennings does acknowledge the role that musicians can play in decisions made by art directors for cover art and notes that "J.D. Parran, a jazz musician, was interested in using a 1960s Alston piece and asked if I could help him get permission." "Musici...
