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Lester Bowie was the most important trumpeter of the last 30 years, but was marginalized by the media and industry as "avant garde" - despite his obvious cross-over appeal. Lester personified both the best of the music and the worst of the problems in the music business. In tribute to Lester, I present a gallery of photos selected from the many I was delighted to take of this great artist.

Sun Ra was a great treat to hear and a wonderful subject to photograph. His listeners seems to grow daily, despite his departure from this planet in 1993. I offer a sample gallery of photos of Sun Ra, his compatriots, and the Arkestra led by Marshall Allen - that is delightfully carrying on his music and memory.

The Joel Futterman - "Kidd" Jordan Trio with Alvin Fielder bring 'listening' to a new level. They now have a number of recordings and appeared at the 2000 Vision Festival in New York and the Tampere Festival in Finland. My page has lots of photos and information about their CDs, some with my photos.

Byron Morris has led Unity since the '70s, and the band has been reenergized in recent years with the regular additions of Hilton Ruiz on piano and Eddie Allen on trumpet and musical director. I did the graphic layout and interior photography for their CD, "Live at the East Coast Jazz Festival". Unity has been appearing more frequently - look for them at the Cape May Jazz Festival. You can hear samples at Byron's site.

Their most recent CD is "Byron Morris & Unity Y2K" for which I did the photogrpahy and graphic layout, and collaborated with Byron on the design. Click HERE to see a page with my photos from the album package.

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	Lester Bowie was the most important trumpeter of the last 30 years, but was marginalized by the media and industry as "avant garde" - despite his obvious cross-over appeal. Lester personified both the best of the music and the worst of the problems in the music business. In tribute to Lester, I present a gallery of photos selected from the many I was delighted to take of this great artist.
	Sun Ra was a great treat to hear and a wonderful subject to photograph. His listeners seems to grow daily, despite his departure from this planet in 1993. I offer a sample gallery of photos of Sun Ra, his compatriots, and the Arkestra led by Marshall Allen - that is delightfully carrying on his music and memory.
	The Joel Futterman - "Kidd" Jordan Trio with Alvin Fielder bring 'listening' to a new level. They now have a number of recordings and appeared at the 2000 Vision Festival in New York and the Tampere Festival in Finland. My page has lots of photos and information about their CDs, some with my photos.
	Byron Morris has led Unity since the '70s, and the band has been reenergized in recent years with the regular additions of Hilton Ruiz on piano and Eddie Allen on trumpet and musical director. I did the graphic layout and interior photography for their CD, "Live at the East Coast Jazz Festival". Unity has been appearing more frequently - look for them at the Cape May Jazz Festival. You can hear samples at Byron's site. Their most recent CD is "Byron Morris & Unity Y2K" for which I did the photogrpahy and graphic layout, and collaborated with Byron on the design. Click HERE to see a page with my photos from the album package.