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Fine Art Jazz Photography Prints

A selection of prints from Veryl Oakland’s archive of nearly 80,000 negatives, spanning the 1960s through the 1980s. Every Limited Edition print is signed, hand-numbered, and accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
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Thelonious Monk performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, 1969 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Thelonious Monk performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, 1969 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Let's Cool One

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Sonny Rollins performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1972 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sonny Rollins performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1972 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Saxophone Colossus

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Portraits of Sonny Rollins at the Berkeley Marina, 1979 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Portraits of Sonny Rollins at the Berkeley Marina, 1979 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Sonny, Face to Face

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Sonny Rollins pausing on stage at Great American Music Hall, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sonny Rollins pausing on stage at Great American Music Hall, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Sonny's Pause

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Sonny Rollins performing at UC Berkeley, 1979 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sonny Rollins performing at UC Berkeley, 1979 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Launched into Sonnysphere

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Thelonious Monk performing at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 1968 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Thelonious Monk performing at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 1968 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Mysterious Monk

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Thelonious Monk in focus at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1969 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Thelonious Monk in focus at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1969 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Monk in Focus

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Sarah Vaughan performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1969 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sarah Vaughan performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1969 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Sarah on Every Note

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Sarah Vaughan performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1969 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sarah Vaughan performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1969 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Sarah, Tenderly

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Sarah Vaughan performing in Concord, CA, 1975 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

The Divine One

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Miles Davis in a blue suit at UC Berkeley Jazz Festival, 1967 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Miles Davis in a blue suit at UC Berkeley Jazz Festival, 1967 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Miles, Kinda Blue

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Miles Davis performing at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, 1985 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Miles Davis performing at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, 1985 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Miles, Moon and Stars

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Miles Davis performing at UC Berkeley Jazz Festival, 1968 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Miles Davis performing at UC Berkeley Jazz Festival, 1968 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Prince of Darkness

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Miles Davis with his trumpet up at UC Berkeley Jazz Festival, 1970 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Miles Davis with his trumpet up at UC Berkeley Jazz Festival, 1970 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Miles Skyward

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Marvin Gaye performing in Oakland, CA, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Marvin Gaye performing in Oakland, CA, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Marvin Set Free

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Marvin Gaye performing at KOOL Jazz Festival, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Marvin Gaye performing at KOOL Jazz Festival, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Marvin Personified

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Joni Mitchell in rehearsal at Playboy Jazz Festival, 1979 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Joni Mitchell in rehearsal at Playboy Jazz Festival, 1979 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Joni at Ease

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Joni Mitchell performing at UC Berkeley, 1979 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Joni Mitchell performing at UC Berkeley, 1979 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Joni in Command

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Herbie Hancock performing at UC Berkeley, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Herbie Hancock performing at UC Berkeley, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Herbie Catching the Crowd

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Herbie Hancock in the shadows at UCLA, 1967 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Herbie Hancock in the shadows at UCLA, 1967 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Herbie in Shadows

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Herbie Hancock performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1970 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Herbie Hancock performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1970 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Herbie, Mwandishi Era

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Herbie Hancock performing at UC Berkeley, 1975 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Herbie Hancock performing at UC Berkeley, 1975 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Herbie's Reach

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Duke Ellington laughing at Harrah's Club, 1967 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Duke Ellington laughing at Harrah's Club, 1967 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

The Joy of Duke

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Duke Ellington with his hands up from the piano, Berkeley, CA, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Duke Ellington with his hands up from the piano, Berkeley, CA, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Duke in Full Flight

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Duke Ellington performing in Berkeley, CA, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Duke Ellington performing in Berkeley, CA, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Duke in the Spotlight

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Duke Ellington looking up at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1970 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Duke Ellington looking up at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1970 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

The Duke, Skyward

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Dizzy Gillespie & Jon Faddis performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Dizzy Gillespie & Jon Faddis performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1976 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Diz & Jon Trumpets Up

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Dizzy Gillespie glancing at camera while performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1975 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Dizzy Gillespie glancing at camera while performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1975 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Caught By Dizzy

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Dizzy Gillespie singing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1975 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Dizzy Gillespie singing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1975 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Dizzy Sings!

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Dizzy Gillespie performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1975 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Dizzy Gillespie performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1975 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

The Inimitable Dizzy

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Chet Baker performing at Keystone Korner, 1978 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Chet Baker performing at Keystone Korner, 1978 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Chet at Keystone

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Chet Baker portrait in Ghirardelli Square, 1978 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Chet Baker portrait in Ghirardelli Square, 1978 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Chet With His Horn

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Side portrait of Chet Baker in San Francisco, 1978 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Side portrait of Chet Baker in San Francisco, 1978 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Portrait of Chet

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Chet Baker smiling at camera near North Beach, San Francisco, CA, 1978 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Chet Baker smiling at camera near North Beach, San Francisco, CA, 1978 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Chet's Wry Smile

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Bill Evans performing at Bear's Lair in Berkeley, CA, 1969 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Bill Evans performing at Bear's Lair in Berkeley, CA, 1969 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Bill at Bear's Lair

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Bill Evans performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1970 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Bill Evans performing at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1970 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Bill Evans in the Moment

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Sun Ra Arkestra inside their home in Germantown, PA, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sun Ra Arkestra inside their home in Germantown, PA, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

The Sun Ra Arkestra Lookin Up

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Sun Ra during a photoshoot in New York — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sun Ra photoshoot in New York City — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Sun Ra Swirl & Stare

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Sun Ra at his Crumar synth in Germantown, PA, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sun Ra at his Crumar synth in Germantown, PA, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Sun Ra's Crumar

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Sun Ra under the trees in Germantown, PA, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sun Ra under the trees in Germantown, PA, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Sun Ra & the Red Sun

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Sun Ra portrait in New York City, 1979 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sun Ra portrait in New York City, 1979 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Sun Ra’s Sunburst

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Sun Ra Arkestra outside their home in Germantown, PA, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sun Ra Arkestra outside their home in Germantown, PA, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Sun Ra Arkestra All In Line

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Sun Ra with a Horus sculpture inside his home in Germantown, PA, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland Sun Ra with a Horus sculpture inside his home in Germantown, PA, 1980 — photograph by Veryl Oakland

Horus & Sun Ra

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