Charles Henry “Spinky” Alston was a black artist of the Harlem Renaissance. It was “Spinky” Alston who designed the album covers for jazz musician Duke…
Charles Alston (a.k.a. “Spinky”) of Charlotte, North Carolina was an artist who taught the best of the Harlem Renaissance. Among Alston’s students was the great painter Jacob Lawrence. To earn a living while studying his craft, Alston was an illustrator, designing album covers for Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/23791
