2006 Photo of the Year Entries

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Photographer: Sue Auclair

Here is the great Eartha Kitt at 78 receiving her PURRfect standing ovation at opening night, Friday, August 12 at the 2005 JVC Jazz Festival-Newport. Eartha belted "I'm Still Here," the fog rolled in and lighting designer extraordinaire Len Schnabel spewed pink and purple lights over the elegant songstress and the crowd.


Photographer: Laurence Donohue-Greene

Soprano saxophonist Joe Giardullo performing May 5th, 2005 at Cornelia St.Cafe in New York City

Laurence Donohue-Greene
Managing Editor
AllAboutJazz-New York
www.allaboutjazz.com/newyork


Photographer: Ken Franckling

Trumpeter Jon Faddis's quartet opened the Fort Adams State Park portion of the 2005 JVC Newport Jazz Festival, and appeared to blow some of the summer morning fog out of Newport Harbor.


Photographer: Michael Jackson

Von Freeman at Chicago's Jazz Showcase, Feb 2006.


Photographer: John Jamison

Eric Harland during his gig with Charles Lloyd


Photographer: Ben Johnson

The photo is of Cassandra Wilson performing at the Mann Music Center in June 2005.

The shot is available light, via Minolta 7D, Sigma 70 ? 200mm lens, ISO 200 equivalent, f 2.8 @ 1/45 sec monopod supported at about 50 feet away.


Photographer: Nancy Kaszerman

February 22. 2005: Jazz and R&B vocalist RUTH BROWN, honored at the 2005 Beacons in Jazz Awards, held in New York City.


Photographer: Fran Kaufman


Photographer: Bill King

This is a shot taken at HMV in Toronto in celebration of Oscar Peterson's 80th. Diana Krall played for Oscar a lovely redition of one of his own compositions. It was a tender moment. She was near tears. You can see the commemorative stamp issued in his presense in background poster.


Photographer: Kris King

Roy Hargrove
Sunbury Plantation
Barbados Jazz Festival
Jan. 9, 2006

www.kriskingphoto.com


Photographer: Ziga Koritnik

Gypsies' Breakfast

www.allaboutjazz.com/php/gallery
www.ljudmila.org/scca/koritnik

zkoritni <at> kud-fp.si


Photographer: M. Kurgansky

Dave Holland at the 2005 JVC Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island


Photographer: Mark Lazarski

- concert: SUN RA ARKESTRA
- where: "LULA LOUNGE", TORONTO, CANADA OCTOBER 18, 2005
- who: MARSHALL ALLEN


Photographer: R. Andrew Lepley

Jane Monheit performing at the Berks Jazz Fest "Ivan Lins & Friends" concert. Photo © R. Andrew Lepley.


Photographer: Rozanne Levine

Cindy's Son Died So He Could Ride: George W. Bush and Mark Whitecage
From the "BushWacked" series, August 2005
rozmark <at> bellatlantic.net
www.erjn.it/gallery/levine.htm


Photographer: Gene Martin

Celebrity photographer and JJA member Gene Martin shot this image of tenor man Houston Person for the cover of Houston's CD, "All Soul", on HighNote Records. Gene's use of motion in images is well known in the record cover market as well as during his tenure as cover photographer for JazzTimes magazine. The image was captured "in camera" without post production effects.

Gene Martin Photography
New York City
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www.genemartinphotography.com


Photographer: Mitchell Seidel

Freddie Hubbard at the International Association for Jazz Education convention, New York City. January 2006.


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