[Leica] Cape Town Jazz, Photos

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

John-
I owe you a letter, and this one ain't it.
I have been watching your gallery though, and while
you've traded one kind of smoky venue for another, the
work is equally impressive.
I hope you're enjoying yourself,
Arche

--- John Mason <profmason@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Just dropping by to say hello from cold, gray, and
> wet
> Cape Town.  Despite the weather, it's my favorite
> city, in large part because the music (Abdullah
> Ibrahim's hometown) and the food (you haven't lived
> until you've had a Cape Malay lobster curry) are so
> good.
> 
> I spent last Monday photographing the music or, at
> least, some of the people who make it.  The scene
> was
> Swinger's, a local jazz club that's hosted a weekly
> jam session for over a decade.
> 
> I was out there with Marshall Sealy, a New York
> jazzer
> and freelancer, who happened to be in town to
> participate in the International Horn Symposium:
> 
>
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/SwingersJuly2006/Marshall02>
> 
> Alvin Dyers, a terrific guitarist who's become a
> good
> friend over the last few years, leads the house
> band:
> 
>
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/SwingersJuly2006/AlvinAndNick01>
> 
> The young and the old, the famous and the obscure,
> South Africans and overseas guests, everyone's
> welcome, as long as they can keep up.  The gallery
> is
> here:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/SwingersJuly2006>
> 
> Equipment is strictly OT:  Pentax istDL and Pentax
> 50/1.4 @ 3200.  I'll refrain from singing the
> praises
> of this lovely little camera.  (Just glanced at the
> archives and noticed Phil's been doing just that.)
> 
> I've got my M2 with me, but I'm hardly using it. 
> Perfect camera for this trip would be a Bessa R2A
> with
> the istDL's innards.  Great viewfinder and an
> M-mount
> married to surprisingly good image quality.  CV
> should
> be able to pull it off about 1000 bucks.
> 
> --John
> 
> J Mason
> Charlottesville, Virginia
> 
> DEMOCRACY OF SPEED, a Photo Documentary Project:
>
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ds8s/john-m/john-m.html
> 
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