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45 of my personal favourite images from 2013 part 1

It’s always fun looking through images trying to compile a list of faves for any given time frame, really it is! These are some of my personal favourites, some previously published here on stratophotography.com, some that either slipped thru the cracks or were rejected for a technical reason, pictures that struck a nerve, or captured a unique moment, a smile, an emotion, a truly wild gesture.

They span quite a few different genre’s. I’ve got blues & jazz, indie pop, hard rock, folk, metal… in bars like the Horseshoe Tavern, Lee’s Palace and Monarch’s Pub, concert theatre’s like The Opera House, The Rockpile and outdoor festivals at City Hall, Woodbine Park and Kew Gardens BandShell.

Toronto and surrounding environs have copious amounts of live music for all to see and hear,  every day of the week! I encourage you to get out and support live music, pick up a CD or t-shirt and don’t be worried about the resulting lack of sleep this entails.

2013 was a very busy year in my photo journey, sleep will come later, enjoy!

James Cotton

Shout Out Louds

Three Quarter Stone - Scott Clarke

Joanna Swan

Greg, Frank, Tony, Guenther, Pat

Shout Out Louds

Shout Out Louds

Nathan Philips Square

Molly Johnson

Mavis Staples

Dr. John

Ronnie Hayward

Courtney Pine Band

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Planet Earth

Joey Peebles

Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews

Michael "Bass" Ballard

Pete Murano

Paul James

Dave Bayley

Kristen Anzelc

Tia Brazda

Saidah Baba Talibah Band

Saidah Baba Talibah

Jesse Dee

jerome godboo band

 

HEY, that’s only 27! You said 45!   ….to be continued…..

More pix from the 2013 Toronto Jazz Festival, The Herbaliser,Paul James,Selena Evangeline

The last few days of the 2013 TD Toronto Jazz Festival was a kind of a Daze. I was buzzing around like a bee all over the place. From The Great Hall, to the Main Stage at Nathan Philips Square, to the outdoor stages in the Distillery District, plus a few other pubs and bars inbetween. The last night of the festival I found myself completely spent at Ronnie Hayward’s 3rd Annual Birthday Jam @ Dominion on Queen. I was too exhausted to take any pix! Of course it was 3 in the morning though.

The Herbaliser

The Herbaliser

The Herbaliser

The Herbaliser

I was going to shoot the Boz Scaggs show but they wanted us to sign a ‘Rights-Grab’ form, so they would own the images. No thanks! Luckily, the opener was local favorite Paul James, who doesn’t have any misgivings about photos, and put on a great entertaining performance, as is usual for Paul, he never dissapoints.

Paul James

Paul James

Paul James & Michael Theodore

Paul James

On the final full day of the fest, I decided I must see how things where going at the Distillery District. They had two stages setup, one in a more relaxed outdoor patio setting, the Pure Spirits Patio and the other, the Trinity Stage, a more traditional performance bandshell.

Jessica Stuart Few

Selena Evangeline

Selena Evangeline

Well, that’s about it for what I captured during this 2013 version of the Toronto Jazz Festival. Check out my previous posts for other pix and rambling’s from the festival. Thanks!