Photographer: Kim Welsh Dazzled by Herman Leonard’s masterful, visionary smoky images, I was compelled to attend the celebration of his life on November 6, 2010. As the Hot 8 Brass Band kicked up, the Sudan Social Aid and Pleasure Club swaggered, and the Pussyfooters pussyfooted, I remembered his words—“Above all, enjoy the music”—and [...]
Tag Archives: Herman Leonard
Herman Leonard, Jazz (Bloomsbury)
March 1, 2011 – 12:30 am
While a legend before he moved to New Orleans in 1991, the late Herman Leonard (1923-2010) did not achieve that legendary status as a jazz photographer until later in life. It was not until 1986—we are told in an introduction to this handsome volume by his friend, novelist Reggie Nadelson—that Leonard (then 63) received “the [...]
Bunchy Johnson, Musicians Memorial Tuesday
November 1, 2010 – 2:20 pm
The 1st annual All Souls Musicians Memorial will be held on Tuesday, November 2. The All Souls Musicians Memorial will celebrate musicians and supporters of New Orleans culture who passed away in 2010. Church services will be held at Our Lady of Guadeloupe at 11 a.m. Afterwards, the internment for Bernard “Bunchy” Johnson will take place [...]
Herman Leonard, 1923-2010
August 15, 2010 – 11:59 am
I am very sad to report the death of Herman Leonard, one of the world’s great photographers, and a longtime friend. Herman moved to New Orleans in 1992, and immersed himself in the New Orleans music scene. He lost his house and some of his work to Hurricane Katrina, and subsequently moved to Los Angeles. [...]
Herman Leonard
November 1, 1997 – 12:01 am
A legend in his time – that’s the word for Herman Leonard. Leonard, the photographer whose portrait of Jon Cleary adorns this month’s OffBeat cover, has been immortalizing music greats with his emotionally-imbued, dramatically-lit photos since the 1940s, when his passion for jazz took him to New York’s smoky jazz clubs, with his camera as [...]
