Week 3 Research

This week I looked at an article by Carissa Dougherty called “The Coloring of Jazz: Race and Record Cover Design in American Jazz, 1950 to 1970.”  This article analyzes the trends of using African American elements such as hairstyle and motifs in relation to album artwork, specifically jazz.  She picked this because during this time period, the black movement was going on.  She also talks about commercial elements of the album saying that the cover needs to tell the author what they should expect from the music since jazz generally doesn't have lyrics.