- William Claxton William Claxton is perhaps the greatest photographer of the jazz scene. He lives in the Los Angeles area where he began photographing jazz musicians while still a student at UCLA. In the 1950s, while in college, he helped record producer Richard Bock start the Pacific Jazz record company. He shot all the covers, and soon all the major record companies were using him. In his late ...www.afterimagegallery.com/claxton.htm