Photo-journalist Marc PoKempner, a long-time collaborator and one of my bffs, has a clear eye as well as a sharp ear for music. He captured some of the diversity and vigor of the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival, August 28 – Sept 1 Â 2013.
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Drummer Hamid Drake, Artist-in-Residence, 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival
(photo by Marc PoKempner)
Taylor Moore’s timbales solo
(photo by Marc PoKempner)
Saxophonist Ernest Dawkins @ Norman’s Room 43, Chicago Club Tour — Dig the night light
(photo by Marc PoKempner)
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Gamak Quartet on the Jumbotron: Dave Fiuczynski gtr, Francois Mouton bass, Dan Weiss drums
(photo by Marc PoKempner)
Rudresh expresses appreciation of the crowd
(photo by Marc PoKempner)
Gamak takes a bow: Dave Fiuczynski, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Francois Mouton, Dan Weiss
(photo by Marc PoKempner)
Pianist Jason Moran wears Fats Waller head while vamping for dancers
(photo by Marc PoKempner)
Casey Benjamin, vocoder, with Robert Glasper Experiment
(photo by Marc PoKempner)
Donald Harrison leads New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians for Chicago Jazz Fest finale (photo by Marc PoKempner)
Alto saxophonist Harrison, sitting in with saxophonist/trumpeter/flutist Ira Sullivan and pianist Willie Pickens, bassist Dennis Carroll (and the ghost musician?)
(photo by Marc PoKempner)
Kidd Jordan, saxophonist, and Hamid Drake, from behind
(photo by Marc PoKempner)
Marc knows what he likes: Irresistible dance music and genuinely moving what-have-you. It’s always fun to ride with him, looking and listening.