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| Jazz in July Photo Exhibit (7.22-31.03) |
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| Tickets/Registration: 212.415.5500 |
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| Media Contact: Beverly Greenfield, 212.415.5452, email |
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| JAZZ IN JULY PHOTO EXHIBIT 2003 |
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62 JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHS by HANK ONEAL
Dizzy Gillespie ♦ Cab Calloway ♦ Clint Eastwood ♦ Dick Hyman
"Hank O'Neal is a wonderful photographer — his long personal and professional associations with jazz musicians imbue his work with rare perception and intimacy."
--Gary Giddins, Village Voice Jazz Critic
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| New York, NY, June, 11, 2003—Dizzy Gillespie looks wise, smiling and leaning over a pool table in his New Jersey home. A beaming Cab Calloway in his backyard holds a vintage poster of a much younger but also beaming... Cab Calloway. Clint Eastwood plays piano in a jazz jam in Carnegie Hall. Dick Hyman warms up with a copy of The New York Times on the piano where the sheet music should be. |
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These are some of the images on display in JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHS BY HANK O'NEAL at the 92nd Street Y from July 22-31, as part of the annual Jazz in July festival. O'Neal's two passions — jazz and photography — come together in this exhibit in the 92nd Street Y Milton J. Weill Art Gallery, adjacent to the concert hall where jazz reigns for two weeks every July.
The exhibit of Hank O'Neal's JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHS at the 92nd Street Y features photos from O'Neal's collection that have never been shown before, including the first showing of selections from O'Neal's "Piano Hands in Action," a 30-year project that has produced close-up portraits of (mostly) weathered hands playing jazz piano. The 72 photographs in "Piano Hands" include shots of Steve Allen, Dave Brubeck, Hank Jones, Marian McPartland and Gerry Mulligan, among others. The exhibit at the Y also features images from O'Neal's book Ghosts of Harlem as well as a collection of CD booklet covers from O'Neal's label, Chiaroscuro records. The CD booklets document the wide variety of artists who have recorded with the label and often feature O'Neal's photographs.
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O'Neal's photo exhibit is part of Jazz in July at the 92nd Street Y, an annual summer festival of traditional jazz directed by Dick Hyman. This year, the festival brings nearly 60 musicians together for six concerts over two weeks, with music that ranges from Bix Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman and Harlem stride piano to recent jazz compositions from Hyman, trumpeter Randy Sandke and others. A number of Jazz in July performers — past and present — are among those depicted in O'Neal's photographs. Dick Hyman, Derek Smith, Kenny Davern, Bucky Pizzarelli and Joe Wilder all appear on stage at the Y this year. Many others whose music has been a staple of Jazz in July in years past will also grace the Y's gallery walls, from past performers like Ralph Sutton, Carrie Smith, George Shearing and Bill Charlap to those whose musical contributions have been commemorated at the festival, like Gerry Mulligan, Milt Hinton and Joe Venuti.
Hank O'Neal's JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHS at the 92nd Street Y runs concurrently with Jazz in July, from July 22-31. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm; for additional gallery hours, call 212-415-5500. The exhibit was curated by jazz aficionado and collector Stanley Blum. All of the photographs in the exhibit are for sale; O'Neal will donate the proceeds of all sales to the 92nd Street Y to help develop a new and younger audience for mainstream jazz.
Members of the press interested in attending the private opening reception with the photographer on Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the 92nd Street Y Milton J. Weill Art Gallery should contact Beverly Greenfield at 212-415-5452 or email . |
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| ABOUT HANK O'NEAL |
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| Hank O'Neal is a jazz concert and record producer, author and photographer. O'Neal's Chiaroscuro records, founded in 1970, has released recordings by artists like Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams, Ruby Braff and Joe Venuti; recent releases include Bobby Hackett's Live at the Roosevelt Grill with Vic Dickenson (2003); Junior Mance and Joe Temperley's Monk (2003) and Milt Hinton's The Basement Tapes (2003). As a photographer, O'Neal worked closely with Berenice Abbott during the last 19 years of her life and authored a book about her. He also wrote a book about the Farm Service Administration photographers, and has issued several collections of his own photographs. |
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| ABOUT JAZZ IN JULY 2003 |
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| Jazz in July's opening concert on July 22 is a celebration of the centenaries of Bix Beiderbecke and two of his contemporaries, Joe Venuti (pictured in the photography exhibit) and Eddie Lang. On Wednesday, July 23 Hyman and Derek Smith present their annual Piano Party. The concert on Thursday July 24 features new jazz pieces by Randy Sandke, Dick Hyman, James Chirillo and Jay Leonhart. The second week features two nights of jazz clarinet — a look at Benny Goodman's early years on Tuesday July 29 and a jazz clarinet hootenanny on July 30 — as well as a night of Harlem stride piano on July 31. Musicians scheduled to appear include Howard Alden, Eric Comstock, Kenny Davern, Vince Giordano, Jay Leonhart, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joe Wilder, and many more. Tickets are $40, or $35 each for any combination of six or more Jazz in July tickets.
Click on the link for the Jazz in July 2003 webpage |
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| ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND MATERIALS AVAILABLE |
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Hank O'Neal Biography |
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Copies of Selected Photos (available as high-resolution jpeg files) |
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List of Photographs in the Exhibit |
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List of Photos in "Piano Hands" Series |
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List of CD Booklet Covers in the Exhibit |
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General Statements by Hank O'Neal and Curator Stanley Blum |
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Jazz in July at the 92nd Street Y Concert Details |
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| ABOUT THE 92nd STREET Y |
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| The 92nd Street Y Tisch Center for the Arts, endowed through the generous support of the Tisch family, produces and presents world-class concerts of classical, world, folk and cabaret music, lyric theater and jazz. The Center's Unterberg Poetry Center, established in 1939, produces a renowned literary reading series that presents the most distinguished writers of our time and offers extensive educational programs for writers of all levels. |
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The 92nd Street Y unites culture, education and community service in one multifaceted institution. Founded in 1874 by a group of visionary Jewish leaders, the Y has grown into an organization guided by Jewish principles but serving people of all races and faiths. Its mission is to enrich the lives of the 300,000 people who visit its three facilities each year. People come to the Y to attend performances of classical and popular music, jazz, American standards and modern dance; to hear renowned novelists, poets and playwrights read from their work; to listen to world leaders, public figures and experts in every field discuss timely issues; to explore the richness of Judaism with eminent scholars; and to see thought-provoking foreign and independent films. Adults and children enjoy classes in the arts, wellness and fitness, while parents, families, teenagers, older adults, and young people with special needs participate in programs that help them reach their full potential. Committed to sharing its programs with all New Yorkers regardless of economic circumstance, the 92nd Street Y provides over $1 million in annual financial assistance as well as outreach programs that bring the arts into the lives of 8,000 economically disadvantaged children. For more information, visit www.92Y.org.
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