When undertaking formal studies to somewhat reluctantly ease my way into digital photography, I picked these photos from pre-2007 to showcase what I hoped to accomplish: Capture the same passion and emotional intensity I had witnessed for more than a decade, this time in colour, rather than black and white.

From the top: Barre Phillips; Agusti Fernandez; Daniel Carter; Joe McPhee, Matthew Shipp; Taylor Ho Bynum; Frederic Blondy; Didier Laserre. Performance dates and location details provided on Gallery O on www.Jazzword.com where you can also find news, CD reviews and festival reports by Ken Waxman.

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