William Ellis ‘One LP’ Exhibition: 18th May until 28th June
Presented by Street Level Photoworks in association with Glasgow Jazz Festival 2026.
‘One LP’ is a unique and critically acclaimed portrait photography project that explores the inspirational qualities of recordings and the impact that they have on people’s lives. Each portrait features the subject holding a recording that is of fundamental importance to them. The photograph is accompanied by a short interview that explores the meaning and value of the selected album. The series includes a range of internationally known jazz musicians, including Annie Ross, Gregory Porter, Jack Bruce, Soweto Kinch and dozens of others. A section within the exhibition is devoted to Miles Davis, on the occasion of his centenary in 2026. Other artists include Carol Kidd, – and photographed in Glasgow – Benny Golson Robert Glasper, Terence Blanchard and Warren Vaché. In other cities Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter, Lenny White, Sheila Jordan, Marcus Miller and more.
Bill Ellis is widely acknowledged as having created an important document of the contemporary jazz scene and is a Visiting Research Fellow in Photographing Popular Music Culture, Faculty of Arts, Design and Media in Birmingham City University.
Exhibition runs 18th May – 28th June 2026
Image: Gregory Porter: Band on the Wall, Manchester, 2012.
Gregory Porter – One LP: Donny Hathaway ‘Live’ released 1972
“The Donny Hathaway Live album is so special because it captures – with full concentration the thing that’s special in live performance. That communication, that exchange of audience and artist.
There’s back and forth conversation, the women and the men in the audience are screaming things back to Donny and Donny’s of course responding musically – and responding incredibly musically.
You can feel the emotion in the room as soon as the needle hits the record.
That communication – it’s not just jazz, it’s not just soul, it’s human to human.
That exchange between humanity is just beautiful to see.
It happens on Donny Hathaway Live.”
Street Level Photoworks
Accessiblity
Street Level Photoworks is a ground-floor, step-free accessible venue. The primary entrance to the gallery is via the Trongate 103 entrance, which has automatic wide double doors.