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Had the privilege of seeing two of my personal bucket list jazz musicians at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival over the Memorial Day weekend. If you follow jazz, you know them. If not, they are both top notch multiple Grammy winners. I'm providing B&W images because, as usual, the stage lighting was designed by someone with acute color impairment.
First is Larry Carlton. Larry has been a session musician and is on albums from Steeley Dan to Barbara Streisand. He's a 4-time Grammy winner and the guitar solo on the Grammy-winning Hill Street Blues theme.
The second image is 6-time Grammy winner David Sanborn. David was affected with Polio as a kid and the doctor recommended he take up saxophone to strengthen his lungs and breathing. It was hard photographing David. At nearly 78 years old he has to sit for the performance and had a couple music stands in front that blocked most of him from the audience. He's still got the "chops" and his performance was everything I wished for!
Both images were taken with a Nikon Z6 and 24-120mm f/4 Z.
Larry Carlton
David Sanborn
Jun 27, 2023 at 08:15 AM
p.1 #3Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
newyork wrote:
Awesome!
Thanks, I'm trying to photograph many of the current jazz greats as part of a personal project.
Awesome!
Thanks, I'm trying to photograph many of the current jazz greats as part of a personal project.
Jun 27, 2023 at 09:17 AM
p.1 #4Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
Larry,
I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
Dan
I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
Dan
Jun 27, 2023 at 09:59 AM
p.1 #5Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
story_teller wrote:
Thanks, I'm trying to photograph many of the current jazz greats as part of a personal project.
That is a project I would love to follow through on. But life is in the way at this moment!
Dan
newyork wrote
Awesome!That is a project I would love to follow through on. But life is in the way at this moment!
Dan
Jun 27, 2023 at 10:01 AM
p.1 #6Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
Great idea, a timeless, b/w collection of jazz greats. Love these images.
Jun 27, 2023 at 11:35 AM
p.1 #7Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
Danpbphoto wrote:
Larry,
I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
Dan
No problem Dan. I got a chance to photograph Nick Corlionne and Bobby Caldwell before they passed on. Rick and Bryan are on my to do list as well. I did get a chance to share a beer with Peter While a couple years back. That was awesome! Great guy!
Larry,
I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
Dan
No problem Dan. I got a chance to photograph Nick Corlionne and Bobby Caldwell before they passed on. Rick and Bryan are on my to do list as well. I did get a chance to share a beer with Peter While a couple years back. That was awesome! Great guy!
Jun 27, 2023 at 05:58 PM
p.1 #8Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
GoodEgg wrote:
Great idea, a timeless, b/w collection of jazz greats. Love these images.
I've got a decent start, but still a long way to go. I was a musician in my younger days (played sax and keyboard) and helped pay my way through college with gigs on the weekend.
Great idea, a timeless, b/w collection of jazz greats. Love these images.
I've got a decent start, but still a long way to go. I was a musician in my younger days (played sax and keyboard) and helped pay my way through college with gigs on the weekend.
Jun 27, 2023 at 06:06 PM
p.1 #9Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
story_teller wrote:
I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
DanNo problem Dan. I got a chance to photograph Nick Corlionne and Bobby Caldwell before they passed on. Rick and Bryan are on my to do list as well. I did get a chance to share a beer with Peter While a couple years back. That was awesome! Great guy!
Thanks Larry!
I met Peter White many years ago at Wolf Trap Park during a Jazz Fest. Candy Dulfer and her band "Funky Stuff" there also. If you ever get to see her and her band DO IT!!!!! The brass section is "dressed to the hilts" Different colored suits as in James Brown, had their own choreography(Motown style) and the rhythm section also. All the bands I saw over many years were "tight". The Rippington's especially!
Brian Culbertson also. He is a multi instrumentalist. His main instrument ,of course, is the piano but he is a fantastic trombonest and trumpeter.
Fun times!
Dan
Danpbphoto wrote
Larry,I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
Dan
Thanks Larry!
I met Peter White many years ago at Wolf Trap Park during a Jazz Fest. Candy Dulfer and her band "Funky Stuff" there also. If you ever get to see her and her band DO IT!!!!! The brass section is "dressed to the hilts" Different colored suits as in James Brown, had their own choreography(Motown style) and the rhythm section also. All the bands I saw over many years were "tight". The Rippington's especially!
Brian Culbertson also. He is a multi instrumentalist. His main instrument ,of course, is the piano but he is a fantastic trombonest and trumpeter.
Fun times!
Dan
Jun 28, 2023 at 08:30 AM
p.1 #10Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
story_teller wrote:
I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
DanNo problem Dan. I got a chance to photograph Nick Corlionne and Bobby Caldwell before they passed on. Rick and Bryan are on my to do list as well. I did get a chance to share a beer with Peter While a couple years back. That was awesome! Great guy!
Here some are Larry! Not the best I could have shot. I want to convert to B&W.
Thanks for allowing me to post on your thread
Brian Culbertson without piano
Chuck Magione
Kirk Whalem
A very young Rick Braun
Eric Marienthal
Nile Rodgers@CHIC and Duran Duran and some idiot bass player/photographer having their photo taken for a fan.
Danpbphoto wrote
Larry,I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
Dan
Here some are Larry! Not the best I could have shot. I want to convert to B&W.
Thanks for allowing me to post on your thread
Brian Culbertson without piano
Chuck Magione
Kirk Whalem
A very young Rick Braun
Eric Marienthal
Nile Rodgers@CHIC and Duran Duran and some idiot bass player/photographer having their photo taken for a fan.
Jun 28, 2023 at 10:07 AM
p.1 #11Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
This was at Disneyworld concert correct...200?
You were great! What happened to your hat here?
Suzy
You were great! What happened to your hat here?
Suzy
Jun 30, 2023 at 12:17 PM
p.1 #12Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
Thanks suzy! I had to take it off for the fan's photo. The stage lighting was hot as hell and the intensity of CHIC and fun made me sweat profusely!
What you can't see is the hand towel in my right hand.
Dan and thanks!
Edited on Jul 01, 2023 at 11:05 AM · View previous versions
What you can't see is the hand towel in my right hand.
Dan and thanks!
Edited on Jul 01, 2023 at 11:05 AM · View previous versions
Jul 01, 2023 at 09:21 AM
p.1 #13Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
Dig the captures. 
Sanborn's music was instrumental (earnest, but pun) in helping through a rough patch many years ago.
Sanborn's music was instrumental (earnest, but pun) in helping through a rough patch many years ago.
Jul 01, 2023 at 10:57 AM
p.1 #14Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
Danpbphoto wrote:
I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
DanNo problem Dan. I got a chance to photograph Nick Corlionne and Bobby Caldwell before they passed on. Rick and Bryan are on my to do list as well. I did get a chance to share a beer with Peter While a couple years back. That was awesome! Great guy!Thanks Larry!
I met Peter White many years ago at Wolf Trap Park during a Jazz Fest. Candy Dulfer and her band "Funky Stuff" there also. If you ever get to see her and her band DO IT!!!!! The brass section is "dressed to the hilts" Different colored suits as in James Brown, had their own choreography(Motown style) and the rhythm section also. All the bands I saw over many years were "tight". The Rippington's especially!
Brian Culbertson also. He is a multi instrumentalist. His main instrument ,of course, is the piano but he is a fantastic trombonest and trumpeter.
Fun times!
Dan
Speaking of Candy Dulfer, we saw her, Eric Darius and Dave Koz last night in Clearwater, FL. They put on an outstanding, high energy show, but I couldn't get credentials and they wouldn't allow anything other than cell phones. Too bad, but there are other venues! I like your images! Thanks for posting!
story_teller wrote
Danpbphoto wrote
Larry,I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
Dan
I met Peter White many years ago at Wolf Trap Park during a Jazz Fest. Candy Dulfer and her band "Funky Stuff" there also. If you ever get to see her and her band DO IT!!!!! The brass section is "dressed to the hilts" Different colored suits as in James Brown, had their own choreography(Motown style) and the rhythm section also. All the bands I saw over many years were "tight". The Rippington's especially!
Brian Culbertson also. He is a multi instrumentalist. His main instrument ,of course, is the piano but he is a fantastic trombonest and trumpeter.
Fun times!
Dan
Speaking of Candy Dulfer, we saw her, Eric Darius and Dave Koz last night in Clearwater, FL. They put on an outstanding, high energy show, but I couldn't get credentials and they wouldn't allow anything other than cell phones. Too bad, but there are other venues! I like your images! Thanks for posting!
Jul 02, 2023 at 10:52 AM
p.1 #15Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
story_teller wrote:
I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
DanNo problem Dan. I got a chance to photograph Nick Corlionne and Bobby Caldwell before they passed on. Rick and Bryan are on my to do list as well. I did get a chance to share a beer with Peter While a couple years back. That was awesome! Great guy!Thanks Larry!
I met Peter White many years ago at Wolf Trap Park during a Jazz Fest. Candy Dulfer and her band "Funky Stuff" there also. If you ever get to see her and her band DO IT!!!!! The brass section is "dressed to the hilts" Different colored suits as in James Brown, had their own choreography(Motown style) and the rhythm section also. All the bands I saw over many years were "tight". The Rippington's especially!
Brian Culbertson also. He is a multi instrumentalist. His main instrument ,of course, is the piano but he is a fantastic trombonest and trumpeter.
Fun times!
DanSpeaking of Candy Dulfer, we saw her, Eric Darius and Dave Koz last night in Clearwater, FL. They put on an outstanding, high energy show, but I couldn't get credentials and they wouldn't allow anything other than cell phones. Too bad, but there are other venues! I like your images! Thanks for posting!
That had to be fun show Larry!
Getting credentials is THEE hardest part or if you "know somebody". Luckiliy I had both. But it was a pain in the "patutee" to get a media credential.
Glad you got to see a good show.!
Dan
PS I have "tons" of film images at various Jazz, Blues, Country festivals for daze gone by. I should resurrect them.
Thanks!
Dan
Danpbphoto wrote
story_teller wrote
Danpbphoto wrote
Larry,I am VERY familiar with these musicians for longer than I can remember! I grew up with them and still do.
For a very long time we had the "Capitol Jazz Fest" here in Maryland and Wolf Trap Farm in Va.. 3 days of all the top bands /musicians in jazz.
With your permission I will post a few from my film daze. Rick Braun, Brian Culbertson and others....Just a few.
Yours are FAR better than mine! I was in my infancy back then.
Great images Larry!
Dan
I met Peter White many years ago at Wolf Trap Park during a Jazz Fest. Candy Dulfer and her band "Funky Stuff" there also. If you ever get to see her and her band DO IT!!!!! The brass section is "dressed to the hilts" Different colored suits as in James Brown, had their own choreography(Motown style) and the rhythm section also. All the bands I saw over many years were "tight". The Rippington's especially!
Brian Culbertson also. He is a multi instrumentalist. His main instrument ,of course, is the piano but he is a fantastic trombonest and trumpeter.
Fun times!
Dan
That had to be fun show Larry!
Getting credentials is THEE hardest part or if you "know somebody". Luckiliy I had both. But it was a pain in the "patutee" to get a media credential.
Glad you got to see a good show.!
Dan
PS I have "tons" of film images at various Jazz, Blues, Country festivals for daze gone by. I should resurrect them.
Thanks!
Dan
Jul 02, 2023 at 11:29 AM
p.1 #17Jazz Greats at Jacksonville
Congrats Larry!!!!!
Extremely well done! I have a studio photo of Larry from many many years ago. I believe it became part of the cd jacket.
Dan
Extremely well done! I have a studio photo of Larry from many many years ago. I believe it became part of the cd jacket.
Dan
Jul 08, 2023 at 10:08 AM