Portraits of Sound
Hamilton / New York:
Portraits of Sound
Photographs by Jimmy Katz
On view from November 15, 2008 to February 2, 2009
Jean and Ross Fischer Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton
Presented by the Hamilton Music Collective
This exhibition features the work of award-winning, New York-based jazz photographer Jimmy Katz. Over the past twenty years, Katz has photographed the bredth of the jazz community, creating stunning images of both the icons, and the emerging talent. His distinctive style is seductive as Louis Armstrong's voice or the sounds of John Coltrane's tenor sax. For this special exhibition, Katz's photographs of New York City jazz musicians will be paired with images of influential and prominent Hamilton musicians, taken by Katz in Hamilton.
Jazz Katz - Book Signing
Join us for a book signing event with photographer Jimmy Katz
Friday, September 19th, 7pm - 9pm
Bryan Prince Books, Westdale
1060 King St. West
Refreshments and Live Music
JAZZKATZ: Jazz in New York, a book of images by award-winning photographer Jimmy Katz of the most illustrious jazz musicians performing in New York City in the past two decades. Designed with precision and elegance by famed designer Ingo Wulff, the book has been heralded in Europe as "among the most impressive coffee-table books ever devoted to jazz."
