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Subject: [Leica] Re: Cape Town Jazz, Photos
From: vintagebill at verizon.net (bill harting)
Date: Tue Aug 8 11:08:53 2006
References: <20060808085729.17698.qmail@web32008.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

John, we're almost all kind of imitating somebody, and that's not bad. Roy 
DeCarava is a good one to follow. I really like your tenor saxman. And the 
trumpetman in the first set you published.

bill




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Mason" <profmason@yahoo.com>
To: <h_arche@yahoo.com>; <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:57 AM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Cape Town Jazz, Photos


> Arche wrote:
>
>> I have been watching your gallery though, and while
>> you've traded one kind of smoky venue for another,
>> the work is equally impressive.
>
> Smoky and noisy.  I'll take the tire smoke over
> cigarettes, but between the jazz and the motors it's
> hard to choose.
>
> Thanks for the kind words, Arche.  You're making me
> blush.
>
>> I hope you're enjoying yourself
>
> Oh, yes.  A certain amount of work, a certain amount
> of hanging out with old friends.
>
> BTW, I've added a few photos from last night's jam
> session.
>
> This one captures what is to me the vibe of the
> Swinger's jams:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SwingersJuly2006/DarrylAndrews
>
> Here, as so often, I'm trying to emulate the classic
> jazz photography of Roy DeCarava and Chuck Stewart:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SwingersJuly2006/TenorSax02
>
> Cheers from wet and windy Cape Town.  --John
>
> J Mason
> Charlottesville, Virginia
>
> DEMOCRACY OF SPEED, a Photo Documentary Project:
> http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ds8s/john-m/john-m.html
>
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