His Brass Acoustic Freeway Photograph - Limited Edition of 10

From the Series, My Father's Music My late Father was a gifted athlete & musician born in 1914 to Polish immigrants. He was raised on a farm in Glastonbury, CT. He picked up a used tenor sax and taught himself to play and then entered the Julis Hart School of Music in Hartford. With his best friend, he went to New York to watch him audition for Tommy Dorsey's band in the late 1930s. Dad didn't even bring his sax. Dorsey was walking his friend out of the audition when he heard these jazz riffs coming from the hall. Dorsey stopped and just was mesmerized. He didn't move, according Dad's friend. He said, 'Who's that guy and why didn't he audition for me?' He offered Dad a job on the spot. Dad took it, but he only lasted a few weeks. The farm boy was scared of the big time and the lifestyle. He later admitted to me that after performances in Manhattan, however, he'd go up to Harlem and jam with the likes of Coleman Hawkins until sunrise. He gave it all up however and spent the rest of his life working at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, CT. Much later he admitted to me that his greatest regret in life was giving up his music. Oh, he played with a little combo on weekends in a dive called the Brown Derby in Windsor Locks, CT. It gave him some joy, but he never ever forgot his brush with true joy. I still own his original all brass Conn Tenor Sax. And these images are my tribute to him and his music.

Photography:Color on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:10

Size:20 W x 13 H x 0.1 D in

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