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Caribbean, Romantic, Latin Jazz – Yield

Caribbean 3 – CD Cover Art – for New Music CD:

TESOROS DEL CORAZON (TREASURES OF THE HEART)
THE LATIN QUARTER JAZZ COLLECTIVE

See their website for ordering information.

A good friend of mine and saxophonist asked me to do some artwork for his upcoming CD. We have known each other for years and have played together more times than could be counted – particularly when we lived in the same greater Hartford area.

This is a very sweet collection of music, some original, some not, but all with a flair and panache that really makes this a fine listening experience.  Bob is a really excellent musician, skillful and imaginative. As evidenced by this album and the others I have heard, the entire Latin Quarter Jazz Collective is quite seasoned and remarkably musical.

As for the art – the assignment was Caribbean, Romantic, and of course Latin Jazz. This was the third of four possibilities and the one chosen for the cover. I mean what is more romantic than walking hand in hand on the beach at sunset?

See Also

• Latin Quarter Jazz Home Page
  Info about the group
• Latin Quarter Jazz CD Information
  Where to go to buy, etc
• Sunset beach couple
  1 more photo just for jollies – aaww

dansingnew – fresh, life, start, joy and transition

Original Size Art – dansingnew – Dec 2005 – available for purchase soon. Please listen to Clip.

Having created this CD cover and digital painting on the computer using a mouse per usual, I have been pleased that so many people who know both myself and Trish – say how much it captures us.

Capturing a likeness isn’t a sure thing. Many times an artist feels he has captured the essence, yet very few, if any see it.

I used no photos to refer to or even start with, but I am pleased with the results. Our postures, the way we are holding hands, and the look on our faces grabs ahold of something essential.

I don’t know exactly how I pulled it off or even sure that I could routinely – but it does somehow capture us. Since so much of the music is about us and the play on words of dansingnew – what a totally appropriate cd cover and actually better than I expected it to come out.

See Also

• Puns
  Play on Words in action
• Investigating Portraiture
  The complexities of photographic portraiture
• Oceanic – Around Town Hawaii
  Discussion of capturing likeness and what it means
• Clip from Dansingnew – Uncertainty Keeps On Nagging
  76 seconds from New CD – New Song