Clarinetist Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (1899-1972) was an amazing jazz musician-hipster-raconteur (anyone interested ought to read his autobiography Actually the Blues.) His sharp tone and serpentine lines inspired English letter cutter-lettering artist-jazz lover Michael Harvey to produce a condensed, oblique display typeface with the impact of the chisel much in evidence, to honor Mezz. Vertical formats such as book coats and posters will be stimulated when Mezz is the display screen face
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