The diagonal type...

...adds some real excitement.

He's a bitchin' dude...

...from Spain.

Sam will play rhythm while...

...Brother Jack takes a solo on

the baritone beef harmonica.

"Sam Price Meats Jack McDuff"

The latest sign from 'You Know Who'...

... Jesus on a snowmobile. Expect to see this one show up on Ebay soon.

Of all possible cover concepts about...

"boys and girls" this must surely rank dead last...

simon says : I asked Google for a translation

and it came up with this...

Either this guy's a ventriloquist... or that child's in danger!

Even Michael Jackson held on to his kids tighter than this.

Feeling horny... the ebony edition

Clearly, this clarinet is getting Marmalaid.

[Remember this similar cover? http://nicealbumshameaboutthecover.blogspot.com/2010/05/isnt-it-always-best-way.html ]

This sausage seems to have the same

wrapping as our babe...[swboy]

Hmmmmmm...

Almost as soulful as the movie...

Ladies and gentlemen....

I give you two ugly people sharing a joint. Really... you only get people this beautiful in jazz (well, except for the Stones).

His fiddle is also...

...good for chopping vegetables.

College Jazz Festival Logos

Wicked Busy Complexity!

Seriously... get the &#@*% off my car!!!

Didn't you hear me tell your friend? Stupid.

http://nicealbumshameaboutthecover.blogspot.com/search?q=get+off+my+car

Another Jazz pulp potboiler...

They met in a bar... he blew... she sang... they loved... then temptation brought it all down.
WHY GOD WHY did they have to smoke that reefer!

"Jazz" in Popular Culture...

[Transformers and Manga]

Its not Jazz but...

these covers are...

pretty damn gonzo...

...wouldn't ya say?

Another "sound effects" record...

...which might have some music on it.

What if Miles Davis...

...recorded for this label?

Guy in a straight-jacket & sexy babe...

Very groovy cover concept...

Blake's concept would have sold less records...

Hilarity...

A mannequin hanging on the wall...

Yeah right, that's erotic...

Um, that's not how you play that.

With all due respect to Mellow, who's doing an absolutely stellar job keeping Magic Purple Sunshine fresh, I must say that this cover is just so very very wrong.

The Amazing Instrument of Dick Contino

unexpectedly impressive at its full length.

Must be kind of hard to breathe...

"Let's twist her"

Music to assault women by.

Nat's in drag...

Important milestones for civilization....

#23. the discovery of water.

He might not be stoned...

...but it sure looks that way.

["Spaceball" is slang for Valium]

The new Art Director at ECM...

needs to work on his murky ambiguity...

Yes, I know we're a trio, but GOD said two by two...

and one of us isn't trying to fit in. So you're supper.

Find some nice dinner music on the radio, will you Andy?

Promise you'll give me...

...Neosporin & bandages if we kiss.

[fusion]

Thou shalt not do cover art ever again

The real sin here is that God / Kenny Rogers is refusing to

leave his book signing, idly standing by while Satan burns

his humans and plastic dinosaurs ....

[swboy said "couldn't resist"]

Damn Good Eatin'

Doesn't look like me.

The hunk of flesh...

...carved from a woman's body

stands for "one" ie. First Dimension

(Contemporary funky smooth Jazz from Japan)

Sure, the musicians are good...

...but the album's a little one dimensional.

Bill digs those tiny legs...

At least, he seems to be interested...

They were dancing...

...when the volcano erupted.

Cooking the guitar...

...in front of the fire. It'll be

done when the varnish sizzles.

Joe "Shish-ke-bob" Pass...

...belongs on this cover.