EyeShotJazz | Jazz Photography

I know this is not exactly jazz photography, but if you have an interest in photographs from outer space, check out the Boston Globe’s web blog “The Big Picture”
Here is a brief excerpt……”NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is now a nearly a year into its extended mission, called Cassini Equinox (after its initial 4-year mission ended in June, 2008). The spacecraft continues to operate in good health, returning amazing images of Saturn, its ring system and moons, and providing new information and science on a regular basis. The mission’s name, “Equinox” comes from the upcoming Saturnian equinox in August, 2009, when its equator (and rings) will point directly toward the Sun.

The mission’s name, “Equinox” comes from the upcoming Saturnian equinox in August, 2009, when its equator (and rings) will point directly toward the Sun. Go to the Big picture and see the rest of the 24 photos they have posted there.

Blog Post by Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, a photojournalist specializing in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and a Seattle wedding photographer with an unobtrusive, story-telling approach creating award winning Seattle wedding photography and wedding photojournalism.
   

 

 

Playing at the Asian Art Museum Friday night was the very cool group of  Amsterdam’s top improvisers the Ab Baars Trio, playing with Chicago’s MacArthur-winning sax titan Ken Vandermark.

This show was one  in the series of concerts that Earshot Jazz Presents in its annual Spring Series. There are four unique concert events in April featuring many of the U.S. and Northern Europe’s most gifted and adventurous musicians.

Here are some individual shots of the group.

Ken Vandermark, with Ab Baars

Martin van Duynhoven on percussion.

Wilbert De Joode on bass.

Ken Vandermark and Ab Baars on sax

Photograph by Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, a photojournalist specializing in jazz photography, photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations. He is also a Seattle wedding photographer with an unobtrusive, story-telling approach creating award winning wedding photojournalism among Seattle wedding photographers.

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Ab Baars at the Asian Art Museum Friday night with Amsterdam’s top improvisers in the Ab Baars Trio, playing with Chicago’s MacArthur-winning sax titan Ken Vandermark.
More to come.

Photograph by Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, a photojournalist specializing in jazz photography, photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations. He is also a Seattle wedding photographer with an unobtrusive, story-telling approach creating award winning wedding photojournalism among Seattle wedding photographers.

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Here are the additional photos from last nights wonderful performance at the Triple Door by Habib Koite & Bamada, Africa’s hardest working and tightest band. If you missed them last night, be sure and try to catch them the next time they come to town. Presented by KEXP
Habib Koité has adopted his own highly individual style which is both infused with the traditions of his country and very much in tune with his times.

While many African performers have chosen to try to conquer Europe and North America by incorporating western sounds into their music and others are striving to perpetuate traditional music in a much more rigorous way, Habib Koité has adopted his own highly individual style which is both infused with the traditions of his country and very much in tune with his times.

During a career which has produced a total of three albums and countless concerts across the world, Habib Koité has been able to develop his own very distinctive approach to guitar playing in which the influences of his own country can be discerned as well as other musical styles such as blues or even the occasional touches of Cuban or flamenco sounds. You can also find in his music, samples of the rich range of traditional Mali instruments such as the balafon, tamani or n’goni in his music. Musical arrangements that set off his warmhearted vocals to perfection. But it is above all on stage that this virtuoso guitar, who descends from a long line of griots, is revealed.

Photograph by Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, a photojournalist specializing in jazz photography, photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations. He is also a Seattle wedding photographer with an unobtrusive, story-telling approach creating award winning wedding photojournalism among Seattle wedding photographers.

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Africa’s hardest working and tightest band performed tonight at the Triple door and they were fantastic! They had the sold out house at the first show eating out of their hand. Habib Koité has adopted his own highly individual style which is both infused with the traditions of his country and very much in tune with his times. More to come in the next post.

Photograph by Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, a photojournalist specializing in jazz photography, photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations. He is also a Seattle wedding photographer with an unobtrusive, story-telling approach creating award winning wedding photojournalism among Seattle wedding photographers.

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