{"id":2236,"date":"2017-06-20T12:40:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T16:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2017-06-20T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T16:45:06","slug":"great-new-jazz-photography-marc-pokempner-portfolio-from-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2017\/06\/great-new-jazz-photography-marc-pokempner-portfolio-from-new-orleans.html","title":{"rendered":"Great new jazz photography: Marc PoKempner portfolio from New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photos of musicians making music — visualizations stirred in the photographers by watching sounds manifest — are exciting, and as different in style as the photographers and musicians themselves.\u00c2\u00a0Marc PoKempner ‘s<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0portfolio from New Orleans of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Cuban drummers at the Music Box\u00c2\u00a0Village<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0a non-profit community arts garden, is the first of a series of great new jazz photos I’ll post over the next few days.<\/p>\n

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Kerry \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fatman\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hunter (snare drum), Kyle Roussel (percussion), Shannon Powell (drum), Damas \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fanfan\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Louis (drum), Charlie Gabriel (sax), Ben Jaffe (tuba)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ronell Johnson (trombone), Tanio Hingle (bass drum) Charlie Gabriel (sax), Kerry \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fatman\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hunter (snare drum) Ben Jaffe (tuba)<\/p><\/div>\n

Check back for photos by Lauren Deutsch, Dee Kalea, S\u00c3\u00a1nta Istv\u00c3\u00a1n Csaba, Michael Jackson and we’ll see who else. . .<\/p>\n

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Photos of musicians making music — visualizations stirred in the photographers by watching sounds manifest — are exciting, and as different in style as the photographers and musicians themselves.\u00c2\u00a0Marc PoKempner ‘s\u00c2\u00a0portfolio from New Orleans of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Cuban drummers at the Music Box\u00c2\u00a0Village,\u00c2\u00a0a non-profit community arts garden, is the first of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1543,1541,1544,1355,20,1497,1359,1545,801,1542,1540],"class_list":{"0":"post-2236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-ben-jaffe","9":"tag-cuban-drummers","10":"tag-great-new-jazz-photography","11":"tag-howard-mandel","12":"tag-jazz","13":"tag-jazz-beyond-jazz","14":"tag-marc-pokempner","15":"tag-music-box-village","16":"tag-new-orleans","17":"tag-non-profit-community-arts-garden","18":"tag-preservation-hall","19":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCF5504-e-1-1.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-A4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1401,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2013\/09\/chicago-jazz-festival-13-in-marc-pokempners-photos.html","url_meta":{"origin":2236,"position":0},"title":"Chicago Jazz Festival ’13, in Marc PoKempner’s photos","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"September 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo-journalist Marc PoKempner, a long-time collaborator and one of my bffs, has a clear eye as well as a sharp ear for music. 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