Reid Miles; Designed Album Covers, TV Ads

Reid Miles, 65, designer and photographer known for his Saturday Evening Post covers, Blue Note jazz record labels and covers, and “slice of life” advertisements for Chevrolet, Buick, Kawasaki and others. Raised in Long Beach and educated at Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles, Miles established his New York reputation by creating about 400 album covers for Blue Note. In 1971, he moved to Hollywood and set up Reid Miles Inc., designing album covers for Kenny Rogers, Chicago, Liza Minnelli, Neil Diamond, the Jackson Five and Harry Chapin. He soon began directing television commercials for his print clients, winning a Clio award in 1976. On Feb. 2 in Los Angeles of heart failure.