Live Jazz Music TAKE FOUR , Sunday Afternoon Last March 2009 @ Home Of Lee And Leslie

I'm having fun now finally putting this all together with my photographer friend Karen Akerson as it happened back in March of last year, 2009. She knows how to edit and get what I filmed in large and small snippets of video at Lee and Leslie's home last year into an enjoyable and cohesive format that may be enjoyed here by you and your friends.

I want to say up front that these photographs and videos here were done as my " thank-you " to a long friendship and strong bond that I feel for both Lee and Leslie. I marveled at the first Sunday ( 2-5 PM ) afternoon Live Jazz event at their home back in early 2008. At that point I only took pictures using both my camera ( that ran out of battery life - argh! ) to take the pictures that I down-loaded and posted on my blog at : chatart.blogspot.com. You may check those out at your convenience. It begins to tell a small part of the story. I am glad to have included it because it includes some people that were not at the second Live Jazz Sunday Afternoon in March, 2009.

Once that my battery ran out I went in search of Lee that quickly discussed things with Leslie and one of their cameras was made available almost immediately. It belonged to one of their daughters and I started snapping away immediately and that is what I left behind as my gift to both Lee and Leslie and really as much to their two wonderful daughters that will grow into all of this and be able to appreciate and share this with their parents as they understand the marvelous and memorable times these were that drew so many talented jazz musicians to their home to play each year live jazz. I mean Gene comes all the way from New York to play his vibrant and enthusiastic/story-telling guitar. That's impressive and he's charming and has a wonderful smile, too.

At the first Live Jazz Sunday Afternoon at Lee and Leslie's I even knew one of the musicians : the bass upright strings you see playing here in the second 2009 Live Jazz Sunday Afternoon. He's also in one of the pictures from 2008 I believe that I captured as I walked into Lee and Leslie's home?

You may also go to: chatart.blogspot.com again and look at the pictures and the story that I have already posted back in 2009 to see more of the pictures from the Live Jazz 2009 " happening " at Lee and Leslie's home. I even included some of my poetry on that blog entry as I was inspired by seeing these pictures and remembering the sounds and the people and all of their talent as it came from within themselves, their voices and their various musical instruments. What a special moment all of this was for me, really.

On this Jazz 4 snippet of video you get a sense of the whole event that was focused in this room but also spread out into two other rooms as well with all the talking and the lively banter and excitement of the moment as people hurried to say things/ express themselves before the next bit of music started as the players ( singers and musicians ) changed places and got ready for the next piece.

Cheers, TONY