David Stone Martin(1913-1992)

David Stone Martin was an American artist best known for his illustrations on jazz record albums. Martin attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was greatly influenced by the line art of Ben Shahn. By 1950, Martin had produced more than 100 covers for Mercury, Asch, Disc and Dial record albums. Many assignments came from his longtime friend, record producer Norman Granz. Martin eventually created illustrations for more than 400 record albums. Many of these were simply line art combined with a single colour.