jazz photography

Festival Review + Photography: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2013 (New Orleans, LA)

Festival Review + Photography: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2013 (New Orleans, LA)

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 26-28th and May 2-5th, 2013 Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, LA ©2013 Jim Brock Photography/www.eyeonthemusic.com Full Gallery: Weekend 1, Weekend 2 The 44th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is a few weeks past and my rear view reflections only seem to sweeten the experience. This Jazz(…)

Concert Review + Photography: 3 Brave Souls at The Kirk Douglas Theatre (Culver City, CA)

Concert Review + Photography: 3 Brave Souls at The Kirk Douglas Theatre (Culver City, CA)

February 8, 2013 Jazz Bakery (Kirk Douglas Theatre) in Culver City, CA Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Full Gallery: 3 Brave Souls, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Culver City, February 8, 2013 Friday’s “3 Brave Souls” CD release event at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City is just one of many ongoing performances held by the Jazz(…)

Concert Review + Photography: Billy Cobham’s Spectrum 40 at The Mint (Los Angeles, CA)

Concert Review + Photography: Billy Cobham’s Spectrum 40 at The Mint (Los Angeles, CA)

Billy Cobham’s Spectrum 40 January 26, 2013 The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Full Gallery: Billy Cobham’s Spectrum 40, The Mint, Los Angeles, 1.26.13 Mahavishnu Orchestra is in the pantheon of jazz fusion pioneers. Black hole density, volcanic intensity and ridiculous virtuosity. I had never heard anything quite like John McLaughlin’s(…)

Concert Review + Photography: Terence Blanchard Quintet at Catalina Bar & Grill (Hollywood, CA)

Concert Review + Photography: Terence Blanchard Quintet at Catalina Bar & Grill (Hollywood, CA)

Terence Blanchard (New Orleans, LA) August 17th, 2012 Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music There are few musicians I can point to more visually evocative than Terence Blanchard (and I’m not just talking about his 20+ year filmography). Blanchard paints fully expressed textures with sound, creating jazz that is(…)

Concert Review + Photography: Moncef Genoud Trio at Vitello’s (Los Angeles, CA)

Concert Review + Photography: Moncef Genoud Trio at Vitello’s (Los Angeles, CA)

Moncef Genoud (Switzerland), Andy Barron (UK) and Bänz Oester (Switzerland) July 12th, 2012 Vitello’s in Studio City (Los Angeles), CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Jazz is constant discovery. Notes become threads, stories become journeys. Artists find a larger audience. Old things are expressed in new and surprising ways. All were elemental to the first(…)

Festival Review + Photography: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2012 Reflections (New Orleans, LA)

Festival Review + Photography: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2012 Reflections (New Orleans, LA)

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 27-29th and May 3-6th, 2012 Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, LA New Orleans Musicians for Obama April 30th, 2012 Generations Hall in New Orleans, LA Instruments A Comin’ May 1st, 2012 Tipitina’s in New Orleans, LA ©2012 Jim Brock Photography/www.eyeonthemusic.com Full Galleries: Jazzfest Weekend 1, New Orleans(…)