Jazz in London: Photographs by Walter Hanlon

To mark the National Portrait Gallery’s recent acquisition of a selection of photographs by Walter Hanlon, this display brings together his atmospheric portraits of the jazz scene in London in the 1950s. Including portraits of the most popular UK and US players of the period – amongst them Sir John ‘Johnny’ Dankworth, Humphrey Lyttelton and Cab Calloway – the display opens in advance of the publication of Walter Hanlon’s book, 1950s Jazz in London and Paris.