Sometimes you get lucky, and that's what this photograph proves. And this, my friends, is a straight, unadulterated photo, not a Photoshop creation.
I know, judging from my recent PAD entries that's hard to believe, but it's true.

Last night I was lucky, not just as a photographer, but as a jazz lover. I heard--experienced is more like it--a fabulous experimental jazz quintet with members from New York, the Netherlands and Chicago. They played only original compositions and improvisations, and they were HOT! Jorrit Dijkstra on sax, lyricon, tin whistles, & electronics, Tony Malaby on alto saxophone, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello with electronic effects, Jason Roebke on bass, and Frank Rosaly on drums, bells, etc.

I send my deepest gratitude to Deanna Relyea and Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert House, home of the world famous EdgeFest, for again allowing us free spirits to hear original, experimental, boundary-pushing music in a perfect setting. If you live in the area, check out their schedule--every kind of music is there!