same song, new interpretation, abstract and back

All That Jazz - digital painting / art prints - 2006 - Dan Beck

Though in some ways, this is the same type of piece as Jazz 1 - perhaps even just a different version of the same piece. It is conceptually the same thing - an abstract collage of instruments - a hand or two playing and a backdrop with the energy of jazz itself.

In another way, it is appropriate to be so much the same - since jazz is frequently about playing the same music in new ways - making it a new piece each time - if successful.

This piece is more sophisticated in its use of texture and digital painting technique, but it also has a nice balance between abstract and representation - again almost like jazz itself - coming back to the melody and tone centers no matter how abstract it tends to get.

For art prints for the above digital painting, All That Jazz, please email specialorders@outhousestudios.net.

See Also

• Minimalist Jazz
  another new digital painting in this genre by Dan Beck
• Jazz - Wikipedia
  good discussion of origins and history or jazz itself
• JSO - Review
  Review had me chuckling and shaking my head - quite the name to this publication - Jackson Citizen Patriot - to top it off - plus reviewed program named “All that Jazz”