about the jazz drawings of edward koehler

Ed Koehler grew up in Springfield, studied architecture in Chicago, and returned to Massachusetts after serving in Korea.  He is an architect and was art director of "Jazz New England" magazine.  He had a sixty foot mural, "Satin Doll," at the Back Bay Hilton.  He gave a lecture on his work at Bemis Hall in 2006, and exhibited it at Emerson Hospital in early 2007. 

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Ray Charles at the Charles, prismacolor on paper 1987

Cannonball (Adderley), ink on paper 1975

Duke Ellington, ink on paper 1975

Count Basie, prismacolor on illus board 1985

Holy Name Drum + Bugle Corps, crayon on illus bd 2001

The Factory, oil on canvas 1969

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Stephane Grappelli, prismacolor on paper 1980

Art Pepper, prismacolor on paper 1980 (albumcover)

Harlem's Fats (Waller), graphite on paper 1978

Two tenors (Johnny Hodges + Art Carney), crayon on illus bd 2000

Bird + Pres (Charlie Parker + Lester Young), crayon on illus bd 1995

Jazz at the Phil(harmonic), prisma color on paper 1977

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Ray Brown, prismacolor on paper 1990

Trane (John Coltrane), crayon on illus bd 1995

Woodie Herman, prismacolor on paper 1987

The Blues, crayon on illus bd 1993

Misty (Errol Garner), crayon on illus bd 1995

Louis Armstrong, Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, crayon on illus bd 2002

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Sing, Sing, Sing (Gene Krupa), crayon on illus bd 1999

Ella (Fitzgerald), crayon on illus bd 2003

Brubeck (dave) tribute to Allan Dawson, crayon on illus bd 1994

Three tenors (Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Stan Getz), crayon on illus bd 2004

Mugsy (Spanier), crayon on illus bd 2001

Count Basie and Friends, collage

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Ory's Creole Trombone, 1988

Dedicated to Teddy Kotick, 1983

Procession, 1995

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Charles Laughton

Springsteen, wax crayon on illus bd 2003

Tenorman, oil on canvas 1970

Escudero, ink & prismacolor on illus bd 1977

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Christo`s Flaggs in Central Park, wax crayon on illus board 2005

Wall mural at Koehler residence, wall paint & ink on sheetrock 1966-2002

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Louis,Teagarden,Fatha Hines,Bigard, prismacolor on illus board 2009

The Three Cities of Italy, prismacolor on illus board 2009

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Mural proposal for City College in NY, acrylic on canvas 1995-1998

Tango in La Boca, wax crayon on illus bd 2009

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Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa, wax crayon on illus bd 2007

Schermerhorns Fish Market, ink on paper

Black Hawk Chief, wax crayon illus bd

Mother Teresa, prismacolor on vellum 1989

Mothers of the fallen

photography by Dan Robinson, pages 1-5
layout by Elan Riesman
April 2005 - September 2009