{"id":2310,"date":"2017-09-07T13:02:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T17:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2017-09-07T13:02:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T17:02:26","slug":"jazz-on-millennium-parks-big-screen-pokempner-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2017\/09\/jazz-on-millennium-parks-big-screen-pokempner-photos.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazz on Millennium Park&#8217;s big screen &#8211; PoKempner photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2313\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MPK5975-e.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2313\" class=\"wp-image-2313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MPK5975-e-300x195.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MPK5975-e-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MPK5975-e.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How&#8217;s that for brass? Jon Faddis presents the trumpeters of the Chicago Jazz Festival Big Band (from left: Chuck Parrish, Pharez Whitted, Tito Carrillo, Victor Garcia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A 40-by-22\u00c2\u00bd-foot LED screen is a dominating feature of the stage in the Pritzker Pavilion of Chicago&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofchicago.org\/city\/en\/depts\/dca\/supp_info\/millennium_park_-upcomingevents.html\">Millennium Park<\/a>, difficult to ignore though many try. Photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pokempner.net\/\">Marc PoKempner<\/a> does the opposite in his shots from the 39th annual Chicago Jazz Festival: he uses what he (and everybody else) sees to create striking images, in the best tradition of artists in his medium.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2312\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MPK5895-e\u00c2\u00a9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2312\" class=\"wp-image-2312 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MPK5895-e\u00c2\u00a9-300x201.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitarist George Freeman (age 90) with fellow guitarist Mike Allemana, organist Pete Benson, drummer Mike Schlick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2314\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MPK5824-e.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2314\" class=\"wp-image-2314 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MPK5824-e-300x204.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MPK5824-e-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MPK5824-e.jpeg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A smaller but not less intense screen at the Claudia Cassidy Theater of the Chicago Cultural Center, where drummer Ignacio Berroa led a band of students demonstrating points in his talk on &#8220;The Evolution of Afro-Cuban Jazz.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2315\" style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/POK8899-e.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2315\" class=\"wp-image-2315 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/POK8899-e-300x246.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/POK8899-e-300x246.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/POK8899-e.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boom Tic Boom, demonstrating the welcome trend of gender-diversified ensembles: bassist Todd Sickafoose, pianist Myra Melford, violinist Jenny Scheinman, leader and drummer Allison Miller, cornetist Kirk Knuffke, clarinetist Ben Goldberg.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2311\" style=\"width: 377px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/POK8869-e.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2311\" class=\"wp-image-2311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/POK8869-e-300x211.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/POK8869-e-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/POK8869-e.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirk Knuffke magnified, visible in detail to the crowd in the grassy field. The sound is amplified &#8212; why not the sight?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1102712&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe by Email <\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe by RSS<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow on Twitter <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> All JBJ posts <\/a> |<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 40-by-22\u00c2\u00bd-foot LED screen is a dominating feature of the stage in the Pritzker Pavilion of Chicago&#8217;s Millennium Park, difficult to ignore though many try. Photographer Marc PoKempner does the opposite in his shots from the 39th annual Chicago Jazz Festival: he uses what he (and everybody else) sees to create striking images, in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[1581,1580,48,1584,1355,1582,20,1497,1579,1556,1583,1359,992,1578],"class_list":{"0":"post-2310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-boom-tic-boom","8":"tag-chicago-cultural-center","9":"tag-chicago-jazz-festival","10":"tag-george-freeman","11":"tag-howard-mandel","12":"tag-ignacio-berroa","13":"tag-jazz","14":"tag-jazz-beyond-jazz","15":"tag-jazz-photography","16":"tag-jon-faddis","17":"tag-kirk-knuffke","18":"tag-marc-pokempner","19":"tag-millennium-park","20":"tag-pritzker-pavilion-screen","21":"entry","22":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-Bg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2321,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2017\/09\/youssou-ndour-on-stage-screen-pokempner-photos.html","url_meta":{"origin":2310,"position":0},"title":"Youssou N&#8217;Dour on stage &#038; screen, PoKempner photos","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"September 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo-journalist Marc PoKempner's images from the Chicago Jazz Fest, as featured in my previous post, and these from Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour's rousing who two weeks earlier, exhibit how he's dealing straightforwardly and creatively with the screen backing musicians at the Pritzker Pavilion of Millennium Park. 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