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Jazz illustration

Columbia Magazine-Jazz

A few months ago Greg Betza was contacted by Len Small over at Columbia Magazine. He always wanted to work with Len and this was a really fun collaboration. Len had the idea of integrating actual photos into the illustrations, and Greg really liked the potential of doing something different like this.

The article he was asked to illustrate was a celebration of 20 years of the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program at Columbia and the founder/leader of the program Chris Washburne.

Read the article here on the Columbia website.

Jazz illustration

Chris Washburne

Jazz at Lincoln Center © Greg Betza

JAZZ at Lincoln Center

By way of a friend, my wife Despina and I were granted access to reportage a performance at JAZZ at Lincoln Center. An opportunity like this doesn’t come along often so we really went for it. The performance by Wes “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Marc Cary, Neal Caine, and Jeff Tain Watts took place in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola , a space acoustically designed for jazz. It was an unforgettable experience and I feel like, considering the limited light and space, the work I produced is strong and tells the story of that evening. Thank you to everyone at JAZZ who made us feel very welcome and especially to Susan who made this all possible.

Here are a few of the drawings I made that night.

Jazz at Lincoln Center © Greg Betza

Jazz at Lincoln Center © Greg Betza

Jazz at Lincoln Center © Greg Betza

Jazz at Lincoln Center © Greg Betza

Jazz Lincoln Center © Greg Betza

Jazz Lincoln Center © Greg Betza

Jazz Lincoln Center © Greg Betza

Jazz Lincoln Center © Greg Betza

Jazz Lincoln Center © Greg Betza