Music

Arthur Getz is one of the people who designed the most covers for The New Yorker, 213, between 1938 and 1988. On the cover of January 4 1958, for the New Year, he captured a jazz orchestra in full swing. Pianist about to play, hands suspended above the keyboard, and absorbed double bassist, contrast with the energy of the drummer with his wild sticks. An image that reminds us that New York was the jazz capital of the world. 

Autumn String Quartet on the October 20, 1980 cover of The New Yorker by Sempé. The orange of the leaves littering the ground and the golden light of the Indian summer that surrounds the musicians, give relief to the small coloured spots on their clothes where the memory of summer can still be read. While the knitwear in progress placed on the tables announce the coming arrival of winter...