Terry Cryer RIP - Entrepreneur Generations

One of the most celebrated jazz photographers, Terry Cryer has passed away aged 82 on 17 January

He was a native of Leeds and was a close friend of the tuba player Bob Barclay, who had opened a cafe serving egg and chips with jazz records on the side in Upper Briggate Leeds (it is now the Sela Bar). This would become Studio 20, a celebrated after-hours nightspot with red beans and rice on the menu, in tribute to Louis Armstrong’s favourite dish, and in 1956 Cryer met Armstrong in Barclay’s company.

Cryer photographed many of the original visiting Americans coming to these shores - the bluesmen Jimmy Rushing and Muddy Waters, and the Eddie Condon and Count Basie bands. A selection of these photos are below