For Heather Pinson (2010), “the history of jazz and the history of photography have much in common, particularly the fact that both were struggling to be recognized as legitimate art forms at about the same time.” Few genres of music are as well defined by the photographic image as jazz. Privileged access to backstage areas and smoke-filled rehearsal rooms shot in the era-defining tones of black and white film photography have helped shape the iconic image of ‘jazz’ in the popular imagination. This static representation is even more surprising given that jazz is a genre of music so closely associated with movement and improvisation.