{"id":2757,"date":"2020-04-20T15:43:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2020-04-20T15:43:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:43:58","slug":"revered-jazz-elders-deceased-portraits-by-santa-istvan-csaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2020\/04\/revered-jazz-elders-deceased-portraits-by-santa-istvan-csaba.html","title":{"rendered":"Revered jazz elders, deceased: portraits by S\u00c3\u00a1nta Istv\u00c3\u00a1n Csaba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a generation of jazz elders leaves our world — some hastened by the pandemic — their faces as photographed by S\u00c3\u00a1nta Istv\u00c3\u00a1n Csaba<\/a> become even more luminous, haunting, iconic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Guiseppi Logan, multi-instrumentalist (May 1935 – April 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Henry Grimes, bassist (Nov 1935 – April 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Pianists Geri Allen (June 1957 – June 2017) and
McCoy Tyner (Dec 1938 – March 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Wallace Roney, trumpeter (May 1960 – March 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Lee Konitz, alto saxophonist, improviser (Oct 1927 – April 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Bucky Pizzarelli, guitarist (Jan 1926 – April 2020)
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Originally from Transylvania and currently living in Turin, the northern Italian area with heaviest covid-19 infections, S\u00c3\u00a1nta reports that he is healthy, employed at the reception desk of a nearby school, and has recently been honored with a Hungarian Press Photo Award. However, with the lockdown, that Awards ceremony has been indefinitely postponed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a generation of jazz elders leaves our world — some hastened by the pandemic — their faces as photographed by S\u00c3\u00a1nta Istv\u00c3\u00a1n Csaba become even more luminous, haunting, iconic. Originally from Transylvania and currently living in Turin, the northern Italian area with heaviest covid-19 infections, S\u00c3\u00a1nta reports that he is healthy, employed at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2759,"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":[3],"tags":[1799,429,1800,162,1355,20,1497,1796,1797,1798,1476,845],"class_list":{"0":"post-2757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main","8":"tag-bucky-pizzarelli","9":"tag-geri-allen","10":"tag-guiesppi-logan","11":"tag-henry-grimes","12":"tag-howard-mandel","13":"tag-jazz","14":"tag-jazz-beyond-jazz","15":"tag-jazz-portraits","16":"tag-lee-konitz","17":"tag-mccoy-tyner","18":"tag-santa-istvan-csaba","19":"tag-wallace-roney","20":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GiuseppiLogan-NewYork_2012.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-It","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1162,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2013\/01\/images-of-a-jazz-conference.html","url_meta":{"origin":2757,"position":0},"title":"Images of a Jazz Conference","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"January 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Jazz Connect, a confederation of jazz activists including principals of JazzTimes magazine, \u00c2\u00a0AllAboutJazz.com\u00c2\u00a0and Thirsty Ear Recordings, produced a free multi-meeting conference with no specific theme other than what's happening in the musical \"community\" now, on Jan 10 and 11 at the New York Hilton. (Correction: JazzTimes is NOT part of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "main"","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"JazzConnectConference1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/JazzConnectConference11.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2257,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2017\/06\/great-new-jazz-photography-geri-allen-by-santa-istvan-csaba.html","url_meta":{"origin":2757,"position":1},"title":"Great new jazz photography: Geri Allen by S\u00c3\u00a1nta Istv\u00c3\u00a1n Csaba","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"June 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Pianist-composer Geri Allen, at age 60 a cancer victim, was photographed several times recently by S\u00c3\u00a1nta Istv\u00c3\u00a1n Csaba. He caught glimpses of her spirit and mourns her deeply. \"I saw her about five weeks ago here in Torino,\" S\u00c3\u00a1nta writes from where he now lives, \"and in April in Switzerland.\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 4 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 4 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2017\/06\/great-new-jazz-photography-geri-allen-by-santa-istvan-csaba.html#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/GeriAllen_1-CullySwitzerland_2017.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/GeriAllen_1-CullySwitzerland_2017.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/GeriAllen_1-CullySwitzerland_2017.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/GeriAllen_1-CullySwitzerland_2017.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1225,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2013\/02\/dr-donald-byrd-rip-jayne-cortez-memorial-photos.html","url_meta":{"origin":2757,"position":2},"title":"Dr. Donald Byrd, RIP; Jayne Cortez memorial photos","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"February 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Donald Byrd was a trumpeter with an ear for the vernacular and fresh talent.\u00c2\u00a0Jayne Cortez was a radical poet -- both esthetically and personally. Butch Morris was a jazz cornetist, composer, conductor and\u00c2\u00a0conductioner. Let's celebrate the lives and creativity of all three. Strangely,\u00c2\u00a0reports by a nephew of Byrd's death\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "main"","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"Singer","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Singer-300x199.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2169,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2017\/02\/spring-break-with-budapest-jazz-photos.html","url_meta":{"origin":2757,"position":3},"title":"Spring break with Budapest jazz, photos","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"February 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I went to Budapest for spring break -- to introduce a photo exhibit by my Transylvanian-born\u00c2\u00a0friend \u00c2\u00a0S\u00c3\u00a1nta Istv\u00c3\u00a1n Csaba and help jury the\u00c2\u00a010th annual M\u00c3\u00bcpa Budapest Jazz Showcase\/Talent Exchange,\u00c2\u00a0held in the modernist musem\u00c2\u00a0and multi-theater complex on the east bank of the icy Danube Feb 3 - 5. As I wrote\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"606 Club\"","block_context":{"text":"606 Club","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/tag\/606-club"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170203_JSC_Jazzonance_c_Posztos_Janos_Mupa_002.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1182,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2013\/01\/how-to-recognize-nea-jazz-masters.html","url_meta":{"origin":2757,"position":4},"title":"How to recognize NEA Jazz Masters","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"January 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There is no Golden Globes, Emmies, Oscars or highly hyped Grammys for jazz. So the National Endowment of the Arts' Jazz Masters award is, as acting NEA chair Joan Shigekawa said at ceremonies crowning its 2013 inductees on\u00c2\u00a0Jan. 14, \"the greatest honor the nation can bestow\" on veteran creators of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "main"","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"NEAJazzMasters all together","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/NEAJazzMasters-all-together.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1543,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2014\/02\/jazz-in-the-hood-house-concerts-make-brooklyn-mighty.html","url_meta":{"origin":2757,"position":5},"title":"Jazz in the ‘hood: house concerts make Brooklyn mighty","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"February 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Jazz is local and homey, as well as grand and global -- that's what a house concert last weekend in Brooklyn shouted out. Transylvanian photographer S\u00c3\u00a1nta Istv\u00c3\u00a1n Csaba joined me at a \"rare NYC performance\" of 10\u00c2\u00b3\u00c2\u00b2K, the trio of trombonist Ku-umba Frank Lacy, bassist Kevin Ray and drummer Andrew\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 2 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2014\/02\/jazz-in-the-hood-house-concerts-make-brooklyn-mighty.html#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ku-umba-Frank-Lacy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}