"After research from the Web, I discovered the sculptor's official site at http://www.jim-ritchie.com but there was no way to contact him. Thanks Massimo Del Chiaro, owner of Fonderia d'Arte Massimo Del Chiaro in Pietrasanta (Lucca), where the artist worked years ago, I obtained an answer from Ritchie: "Yes, I created the record cover for the producer, Dennis Preston and had no contact with the musician". What does his work mean? Ritchie doesn't explain. It's an undeniable fact, anyway, that the drawings seems perfectly summarizes the idea of a compact lump of thoughts and feelings, a concentration of strong emotions, that I feel every time I listen to the record... Interesting to note that in his autobiography titled A Sculputal Life. The Life and Works of Jim Ritchie (Lulu.com, 2012) at page 191 reproduces some drawings, made in 1966-1974, without titles, all made in the same style and with similar abstract subjects to that used for the "Trio" cover".
(note #83 of "Out Of Nowhere", pagg. 149-150)
In the meanwhile today my Mike Taylor's biography is come back on Amazon Jazz Best Seller section at 14°...
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