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I photographed Herman shortly before he passed away. We had fun doing the photo shoot and he never stopped smiling and laughing. I'm glad I was able to capture this brilliant man who gave so much to his art.
"Mr. Leonard never set out to document the birth of bebop, though he wound up doing just that. He was simply a young jazz lover whose camera gave him entree into the many New York clubs — the Royal Roost, Birdland, Bop City — whose cover charges he could not afford. Shot in New York between 1948 and 1956 and afterward in Paris, Mr. Leonard’s work was long known only to jazz buffs. More recently, it has enjoyed a renaissance, collected in books and exhibited worldwide."