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Griff Print Updates: There were over 30 takers of the Griff print offer who donated $100 and more to various GoFundMe’s ...
27/01/2025

Griff Print Updates: There were over 30 takers of the Griff print offer who donated $100 and more to various GoFundMe’s of those affected by the LA fires.

I went to start working on the prints and a different image stood out as much more interesting than the one I had initially chosen. (When I launched the fundraiser, I was in the middle of a music festival, working off my iPhone, hastily emailing management, and trying to select the right image to post and get the ball rolling as fast as possible.)

This image means a lot more to me. It shows Griff’s innate badass-ness, and Taylor and Wylie (who both lost so much as well) are in the frame, too.

There are few things better than crouching behind the drum kit while feeling the pulse of a show from the driver’s seat (while doing your best to hide). It’s a special privilege of the fortunate music photographer.

So I’m going to print this one, I hope y’all won’t mind. I think it’s a significant upgrade.

Huge additional thanks to the many of you who also sent me some funds for materials and shipping costs, it is a major help covering paper, ink, shipping supplies and postage.

There’s a more ambitious print sale/auction launching soon with signed prints from some incredible artists to benefit the , stay tuned!

Wishing the great  a belated 84th Birthday. I was fortunate to photograph and interview him in 2016 at  in Pawling, NY. ...
25/01/2025

Wishing the great a belated 84th Birthday. I was fortunate to photograph and interview him in 2016 at in Pawling, NY. I got a private concert in a barn while my wife filled a grocery bag full of shish*to peppers. Forever in my pantheon of all-time favorite singers and a wonderful day. Thank you Aaron, Sarah and Apache.

Another vignette of the joys of : New  signee Paul Cornish  with bassist Jermaine Paul .wav and Jonathan Pinson  drums a...
25/01/2025

Another vignette of the joys of : New signee Paul Cornish with bassist Jermaine Paul .wav and Jonathan Pinson drums at during the Brooklyn Marathon on Jan 11. His debut Blue Note album will be arriving in the Summer of 2025.

Highlights from the   showcase at  on 1/9 featuring sets from current label signees on the revitalized historic Jazz and...
21/01/2025

Highlights from the showcase at on 1/9 featuring sets from current label signees on the revitalized historic Jazz and Blues label. The night featured:

Simon Moullier
Matthew Stevens feat.
Zacch’eus Paul presents Jazz Money
Milena Casado .casado
and Terri Lyne Carrington’s We Insist! 2025 feat. and

All photos - For more coverage check out the substack ThatMillionDollarBash.substack.com

Emerging from 5 great nights of NYC Winter Jazzfest  (and a subsequent 3 days of flu) to wish the absolute baddest Steve...
17/01/2025

Emerging from 5 great nights of NYC Winter Jazzfest (and a subsequent 3 days of flu) to wish the absolute baddest Steve Jordan belated Happy Birthday! Second photo includes drum titan Billy Hart! These were taken at an amazing convergence of alumni and disciples Monday at LPR.

An unexpected gift, much more to come. Thanks

UPDATE: About 20 people have taken me up on the initial offer supporting Griffin Goldsmith. Amazing!Their GoFundMe has r...
10/01/2025

UPDATE: About 20 people have taken me up on the initial offer supporting Griffin Goldsmith. Amazing!

Their GoFundMe has received an incredible outpouring of support, but there are still so many LA people in need. So I am expanding this offer of an 8.5x11 print of Griffin Goldsmith (who lost his home, recording studio and all of his equipment and instruments) to anyone making a $100 donation or more to ANY charity connected to the fires, such as or the many other GoFundMe campaigns supporting those needing help. A spreadsheet of GoFundMe’s supporting those in the LA music community is linked in bio.

Just forward me your receipt and mailing address to [email protected] and I’ll do the rest.

https://tinyurl.com/musicbizgofundme
https://musicares.org/donations

Remembering Sugar Pie DeSanto (and Lil Buck Sinegal) with a report from the Ponderosa Stomp, New Orleans 2010. “When she...
04/01/2025

Remembering Sugar Pie DeSanto (and Lil Buck Sinegal) with a report from the Ponderosa Stomp, New Orleans 2010.

“When she hit the stage she promptly flung off her glittered pumps and proceeded to climb, growl, scowl, flash, and contort her way through a mind-altering set of bygone hyper-sexual R&B showmanship. I had not seen anything like it before or since, especially from a 4’11” 75 year-old.”

Read the full tribute:

https://thatmilliondollarbash.substack.com/p/sugar-pie-desanto-ponderosa-stomp

I wasn’t expecting to post again before the New Year, but I just remembered that it was Patti Smith’s birthday. In 2014,...
31/12/2024

I wasn’t expecting to post again before the New Year, but I just remembered that it was Patti Smith’s birthday. In 2014, I was assigned by the New York Times to photograph her and Klaus Beisenbach, the director of MoMA PS1 at the time, for an article previewing a show they curated at Fort Tilden called Rockaway!

Having recently read Just Kids, I was aware of her deep creative relationship with Robert Maplethorpe and knew she would be a very discerning subject. I was much more intimated than excited.

I wrote about these previously unpublished portraits over at:

thatmilliondollarbash.substack.com/p/got-to-lose-control-and-then-you

Happy Birthday, Patti, and Happy New Year everyone!

TMDB no. 3: A Christmas (or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa) Gift For You! features unpublished outtakes from the 2015 ‘It’s a Holid...
23/12/2024

TMDB no. 3: A Christmas (or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa) Gift For You! features unpublished outtakes from the 2015 ‘It’s a Holiday Soul Party’ photoshoot with & the , plus an oral history of the modern-day holiday classic “Big Bulbs” from songwriter and Dapette herself, 7 Saundra Williams.

Link in Bio and Happy/Dappy Holidays!

thatmilliondollarbash.substack.com

Our second feature at That Million Dollar Bash: All-Access with the one-and-only Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - one grea...
19/12/2024

Our second feature at That Million Dollar Bash: All-Access with the one-and-only Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - one great night out of the 7 years I documented Sharon and the band.

All Access with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, MSG, 2/19/2016

The other day I went back and looked at these  and the  photos from when they opened for Hall & Oates at Madison Square ...
11/12/2024

The other day I went back and looked at these and the photos from when they opened for Hall & Oates at Madison Square Garden. Oh man, there’s some memories there. I’m gonna post more about it soon, this is just a teaser… but now that I’ve got your attention I hope you’ll join me at That Million Dollar Bash, a new Substack of in-depth photo essays on music. Sign up for free at thatmilliondollarbash.substack.com

I’m very pleased to feature  for the first photo-feature story for That Million Dollar Bash substack. Thanks to Kelly an...
07/12/2024

I’m very pleased to feature for the first photo-feature story for That Million Dollar Bash substack. Thanks to Kelly and everyone in the band for making me feel so welcome. Link in comments.

I’m very pleased to be able to feature Kelly Finnigan of Colemine Records for the first music photography feature story ...
06/12/2024

I’m very pleased to be able to feature Kelly Finnigan of Colemine Records for the first music photography feature story for That Million Dollar Bash, a Substack of in-depth photo-driven stories on music and musicians. Thanks to Kelly and everyone in the band.

Soundcheck to load-out with Kelly Finnigan & the Atonements.

Thanks to former co-conspirator@natechinen for this early vote of confidence! You can subscribe for FREE at thatmilliond...
04/12/2024

Thanks to former co-conspirator@natechinen for this early vote of confidence!

You can subscribe for FREE at thatmilliondollarbash.substack.com

Evidence of a great hang last night with  and his whole crew at . Great People. Great Music. Thanks for the early  Festi...
22/11/2024

Evidence of a great hang last night with and his whole crew at . Great People. Great Music. Thanks for the early Festivus present, too. (Get yours along with the new LP!).

Added bonus appearances from .

Stay tuned for the full dispatch…

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Jacob Blickenstaff - Photography and Films

Photography, video production, and art direction for (mostly) music industry clients.