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Jazz is the teacher

Posted by
Stephen (Canberra, Australia) on 8 February 2011 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

This is bassist and jazz scholar, Eric Ajaye. Eric is founder of the jazz quartet, Vertical. In the span of his career, Eric has worked with some great names, including Chaka Khan, Sonny Stitt and Taj Mahal. At present, Eric teaches bass at the Canberra School of Music.

Eric and his group were playing at Summer Sounds. The National Botanic Gardens hosted this concert series; and the bands were playing under the trees on the lawns of the Gardens.

NIKON D5000 1/125 second F/3.5 ISO 400 90 mm

Brian from Canberra, Australia

Great shot Stephen. I have seen Eric play many times, he is a very good bass player.

8 Feb 2011 5:14am

DowsherVision from PARIS, France

Great portrait, I like the natural colors.

8 Feb 2011 6:48am

Joan Felix from Jakarta, Indonesia

very very nice photo..

8 Feb 2011 6:55am

Phil David Morris from Saskatoon, Canada

He is so getting into the great sounds and feeling coming out of his instrument !!~
Such a wonderful portrait of this musician.

8 Feb 2011 7:04am

Rick from Toronto, Canada

Excellent portrait. I like the finger movement on that amazing neck.

8 Feb 2011 7:10am

Bill Brown from California, United States

Wonderful portrait!

8 Feb 2011 7:11am

DULCIE from Danville, CA, United States

I admire this warm portrait and love to see the way you caught his concentration. Nice to hear his 'story,' too.

8 Feb 2011 7:26am

kiwisa from North Shore, New Zealand

Lovely study of this musician doing what he obviously loves.

8 Feb 2011 7:27am

Marie LC from Entre montagnes et Bretagne, France

Nice portrait. I love jazz !

8 Feb 2011 7:32am

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Lovely portrait, very sharp.

8 Feb 2011 7:40am

JMS* from CHONBURI, Thailand

Un portrait de qualité ou l'on perçoit toute la concentration du musicien.

8 Feb 2011 7:42am

NaDu from Köln, Germany

He knows how to play and you know how to picture him. Fine portrait of a man at work, also interesting: the 5 string bass.

8 Feb 2011 7:44am

Olivier from Manage, Belgium

Beautiful portrait!!

8 Feb 2011 8:36am

Sam from Chennai, India

Beautiful. Admire this warm portrait of this fine musician. And a great information. Great :)

8 Feb 2011 8:54am

Olivier Jules from Lanciano, Italy

very nice portrait!

8 Feb 2011 9:01am

Mhelene from Paris, France

Superb portrait of this jazzman playing !

8 Feb 2011 9:06am

jpla from St Barthélémy d, France

Superbe expression ! Je te souhaite une agréable journée
JP

8 Feb 2011 9:09am

Paco Rubio from Barcelona, Spain

A good moment of inspiration. Greetings

8 Feb 2011 9:40am

PRASHANT from Mumbai, India

Wonderful portrait...Great Personalty..

8 Feb 2011 10:00am

tataray from france, France

Excellent portrait ... ))
Génial.

8 Feb 2011 10:03am

London Caller from London, United Kingdom

It's not easy to good portrait photos of people wearing glasses...
How do you overcome this?

8 Feb 2011 10:33am

Phil from Sausset les Pins, France

Nice portrait , good framing , Phil

8 Feb 2011 10:40am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

You caught the perfect bass man expression

8 Feb 2011 10:53am

kitty from Seoul, South Korea

All the lovely browns and you have captured both his concentration and his pleasure in playing ^^

8 Feb 2011 12:06pm

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

He looks like such a nice guy, and clearly talented too

8 Feb 2011 12:55pm

Bettina from Los Angeles, United States

Excellent portrait and musical capture. You can see the ease in his hands.

8 Feb 2011 1:37pm

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

A wonderful portrait of a master plying his trade! Nicely captured Stephen! ;-)

8 Feb 2011 1:53pm

Pascale. from La Bonneville sur Iton, France

very nice portrait,but I thingk it would be interesting to see a biger part of his instrument.

8 Feb 2011 4:18pm

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

Super x 5 !

8 Feb 2011 5:03pm

Sonia Nansid from Stockholm, Sweden

Excellent portrait.

8 Feb 2011 5:36pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

marvelous capture

8 Feb 2011 5:53pm

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

Fabulous shot Stephen, love the shape and slight movement of his fretting hand.

8 Feb 2011 6:39pm

parisa from shiraz, Iran

wonderful portrait

8 Feb 2011 7:31pm

Phil from France

Pas trop fan ! Plutôt le rock, la pop. Trés inspiré le contrebassiste.

8 Feb 2011 8:02pm

philippe from moselle, France

des belles émotions et expressions figées sur ce musicien de Jazz, une belle réussite, bravo !!!

8 Feb 2011 8:05pm

Co33 from libourne, France

really beautifull!

8 Feb 2011 8:16pm

✿ Anina ✿ from Auckland, New Zealand

A beautiful portrait. Lovely framing and tones. I like the motion of his hand

8 Feb 2011 9:06pm

Don Levesque from Saint John, Canada

A great portrait, I'm sure, of a great musician.

8 Feb 2011 9:19pm

Steve from Sonoma, United States

I like the detailing of his fingers on the strings

8 Feb 2011 9:49pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

A lovely portrait of this musician and teacher.

8 Feb 2011 10:16pm

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

He really is in the zone, great shot

8 Feb 2011 10:51pm

Becky from los angeles, United States

lovey portrait

9 Feb 2011 2:38am

Sunder from Chennai, India

Fantastic portrait!!

9 Feb 2011 3:30am

myky from London, Canada

Immersed in his music...a very nice portrait!

9 Feb 2011 4:29am

philip earl from Oregon, United States

omg, wish i cold have been there .. i love jazz ~~
great shot !!

9 Feb 2011 8:24am

k@ from Paris, France

Super feel, i can hear the vibrancy of his instrument & soul !

9 Feb 2011 9:28am

Lilly from La Ménitré, France

Very good portrait... We feel the musician's passion !!

9 Feb 2011 12:58pm

Skyriani from Nelson, New Zealand

the vibe comes across! Well done Stephen!

9 Feb 2011 8:05pm

Suzanne from Melbourne, Australia

a lovely portrait of concentration with just a hint of hand movement......

10 Feb 2011 3:34am

ORBIT from Kerman, Iran

Superb portrait. : )

11 Feb 2011 11:15am