Alex Steinweiss, the inventor of the illustrated cover

Steinweiss Alex, who died a few months ago at the age of 94, was the American designer who in 1939 launched the idea of using artistic designs to decorate the album covers, revolutionizing the world of music and creating a new type of illustration.
In nearly 30 years he has designed over 800 album covers of jazz, classical, folk, etc.. for Columbia Records, as well as other labels such as Decca. Here is a selection of some of his works, with which we want to remember him.

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