17 August 2010 Last updated at 08:02 ET

Audio slideshow: Herman Leonard

His black and white images from the smoky post-war jazz clubs helped immortalise the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra.

As a tribute - following his death on 14 August - take a look at the distinctive work of American photographer Herman Leonard.

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Images copyright Herman Leonard Photography, LLC. (Herman Leonard portrait courtesy Getty Images.)

Music by Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, and Billie Holiday.

Slideshow production by Paul Kerley and Jason Korsner. Publication date 17 August 2010.

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