With a camera as his backstage pass, Herman Leonard has photographed the giants of jazz in their golden age, movie stars on set and on their travels to exotic p

More than 200 haunting photographs capture the very heart and soul of jazz music.

Classic portraits of jazz greats spanning the late 1940's to the early 60's, as they performed in the clubs of New York and Paris.

Miles Davis, supremely cool behind his shades. Billie Holiday, eyes closed and head tilted back in full cry. John Coltrane, one hand behind his neck and a finge

How photographer Herman Leonard and others created the icon of the dusky, sophisticated, edgy jazz musician