series of editorials on prominent designers

through 12 glorious years, american designer reid miles created over 500 LP covers for the jazz label blue note records.

some of the covers represent the absolute gold standard of modernist typography and are widely recognized as the best-designed record sleeves in the history of jazz.

Black and white photo of Reid Miles wearing polo shirt and sunglasses, looking sideways

Reid Miles, 1970s
© Blue Note Records.

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born in Chicago

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50 bucks an album.—reid miles on his fixed commission at blue note




Cover by Reid Miles for Midnight Special record by Jimmy Smith
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