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Ryszard Horowitz Photographs 'All That Jazz'

In 1958, at the height of Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, American pianist Dave Brubeck and his band toured Poland, then a communist state under Soviet control. The trip was an early effort at "jazz diplomacy," and was met with tremendous enthusiasm by the Polish people, including a student with a camera, Ryszard Horowitz. "Although I had no idea I'd become a professional photographer in the future, I loved taking...

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