Jay Maisel a masterly photographer whose dark and moody portrait of the jazz great Miles Davis performing at the Apollo Theater appeared on the cover of his landmark 1959 album, “Kind of Blue” — Mr. Maisel’s best-known work in a long and varied career — died on August 20 at his home in Brooklyn. He was 95.

            Mr. Maisel’s honors include the 1987 Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography, and induction into the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame (now the Creative Hall of Fame) in 1995. In a 2018 documentary, directed by the photographer Stephen Wilkes, Mr. Maisel said: “There’s a quiz I give people. Do you like photographing or do you like photographs? Choose one. And you learn a lot about yourself by choosing one or the other. Some people like photographs. I like photographing. The act of photographing is what it’s all about.”