This was a wild ride of a year. I shot tons of fabulous music. Philip Glass signed my photo of Philip Glass playing Philip Glass. I covered Kurt Elling in the studio and created his latest batch of publicity portraits. Spektral Quartet's album "Serious Business," which includes my cover photo, was nominated for a Grammy. I sat next to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for 15 seconds. I gazed at the Milky Way from the tiny island of Islesford, Maine. And right in the middle of it all, I presented my jazz photography portfolio at the American Embassy in Vienna, Austria. Thanks to all of you for being a part of a wonderful 2016! Enjoy this gallery of a few of my favorites.
Chicago Children's Choir 60th Anniversary Gala
Kahil El'Zabar with Fulcrum Point New Music Ensemble
Branford Marsalis, Victor Goines with the Northwestern Jazz Band
Glass/Glass/Glass
Kurt Elling at the Green Mill, on film
Kurt Elling in studio recording "The Beautiful Day"
Kurt Elling's "The Beautiful Day"
Ailyn Perez, Craig Terry during the Collaborative Works Festival
Kelley O'Connor, Matthew Gemmill at the Collaborative Works Festival
Justice RBG, photo by Liz Markel
eighth blackbird 20th Anniversary Gala at Thalia Hall
Grammy-nominated album!
Scott Speck, Chicago Philharmonic
Presenting jazz photos at the American Embassy in Vienna
Ramona Steiner at Jazz Land, Vienna
Vienna, my old friend
Milky Way in Maine