Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

Dizzy Gillespie

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Abbey Lincoln at home.

Music is an intricate part of my life. Regretfully, I forfeited my opportunity to be a musician, of whatever worth, a long time ago.

I admire the musicians that I’m sometimes around, especially the younger ones. And often wonder, what sort of musician I’d be, if I had persevered with my studies as a young boy. My teacher recognized my potential, and tried to capture or reign in, my enthusiasm by exposing me to some elementary principles of music composition.

Even today, a score of decades later, I sometimes find myself composing arrangements in my head, when the spirit moves me.

Photography is my instrument of choice today, and whenever I’m really in my element, actually creating something that I consider to be artistic, it feels like I’m composing a symphony of light.

These are times when I had the opportunity to capture some of the luminaries of music, both past and present. I hope you enjoy these.

Photos above left to right: Abbey Lincoln, Dizzy Gillespie, Jamie Foxx, Louis Reyes Rivera, Mos Def, Randy Weston and Wynton Marsalis.

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