David Redfern, one of the most influential and revered music photographers of his generation, died in October at age 78, three years into a brave struggle with pancreatic cancer. This charismatic Englishman, a regular visitor to New Orleans, had been photographing Jazz Fest since the early ’70s.

Redfern is responsible for some of the most memorable images of Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Buddy Rich, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Art Blakey, the Beatles, John Lee Hooker and Lou...