A Straight No Chaser + Maverik Showroom Collaboration
The Chaser Years
The Photographic Art of Pete Williams
12th - 20th November 2010
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11th Nov. Private View
THE CHASER YEARS: The Photographic Art Of Pete Williams is the first event in the build up to a major exhibition, in the summer of 2011, that will unleash the Interplanetary: Ancient to Future vision of Straight No Chaser magazine. This show is synchronized with the London International Jazz Festival and is devoted to Pete William’s deeply resonant, powerful and spiritually infused portraits which are grounded in today’s global club culture but stem from a musical diaspora which reflects the profound impact of this thing called “Jazz!”
Pete Williams is an artist. He has produced impressive bodies of work for Far Out records and MELT/B&W but he is internationally renowned for the iconic photographic images he produced for Straight No Chaser magazine. For nigh on two decades he has worked closely with the driving force behind Chaser, editor and publisher, Paul Bradshaw and he took on commissions that mirrored Straight No Chaser’s uncompromising, outernational, cross generational musical vision. Working predominently in black & white his work is part of a lineage which gave us seminal jazz photographers like Herman Leonard and William Claxton and like them he has produced an expansive range of powerful and moving portraits that reflect our times while uniting different generations of cutting edge artists and musicians.
Back in 1988, after studying photography at the Royal College of Art, Williams met up with the Chaser crew. They had just launched a “designer fanzine” dedicated to hip, wayward genius, Thelonious Monk and committed to what they called “The Freedom Principle”. Peter is an integral member of Straight No Chaser’ worldwide family and maintains a unique and long-standing working relationship with both Paul Bradshaw and with the magazine’s art director - Ian ‘Swifty’ Swift. The results of this relationship are manifested in this powerful collection of images that features influential nu-generation dons like DJ Shadow, Reprazent, Sizzla, Soweto Kinch, The Roots, Courtney Pine and Cassandra Wilson alongside spiritual jazz legends like Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, Jayne Cortez, McCoy Tyner, Yusef Lateef, Steve Reid and Nina Simone. On the global front there are outstanding portraits of Brasilian songbird Flora Purim, Mali’s majestic Oumou Sangare, the unstoppable Rai rebel - Khaled, the late great Maskanda queen Busi Mhlongo and that former Brazilian Minister for Culture - Gilberto Gil.
There’s humour and humanity in these shots and an essential element of surprise – like Pete’s image of Miles Davis at London’s Festival Hall, horn at the ready, floating in the air like an eerie apparition. This show is, without doubt, one of the highlights of this year’s London International Jazz Festival and these images are a joy to behold.
The Sessions!
14th Nov@ 12 – 3pm pm: At 1pm SNC & Maverik present: Chasin’ The Vision: An open discussion with the photographer, Pete Williams & Straight No Chaser’s Paul Bradshaw facilitated by Jason Jules (Garmsville) + Live music: Freestyle & Beyond.
19th Nov. 6 - 9pm: Live: The Funky End Of Things – An Open Rehearsal.
Fresh from a world tour with violinist Nigel Kennedy, Jazz Warrior and Vibes master, Orphy Robinson, is the Musical Director for all the live music at The Chaser Years: The Photographic Art of Peter Williams.
The Maverik Showroom, 68-72 Redchurch Street. London E2 7DP
12th-20th November 2010 (11th Nov. Private View)
Weekday Opening times: midday – 6pm.
Weekend Opening times: midday – 4pm
To Be Announced: Chasin’ The Vision: An early evening open discussion facilitated by Jason Jules (Garmsville) with Pete Williams (photographer), Paul Bradshaw (Chaser) and Ian Swift (Swifty)
For more information on The Chaser Years - The Photographic Art Of Peter Williams contact Paul Bradshaw: pb.straightnochaser@gmail.com or Jason Jules: mrjasonjules@aol.co.uk
For all press enquiries, image requests & sales please contact Angelo Carnielo Angelo@maverikagency.com
Maverik Showroom – Tel: 0207 7739 60002 www.maverikshowroom.com or Paul Bradshaw on 0208 800 8982 / pb.straightnochaser@gmail.com. See more
The Photographic Art of Pete Williams
12th - 20th November 2010
...
11th Nov. Private View
THE CHASER YEARS: The Photographic Art Of Pete Williams is the first event in the build up to a major exhibition, in the summer of 2011, that will unleash the Interplanetary: Ancient to Future vision of Straight No Chaser magazine. This show is synchronized with the London International Jazz Festival and is devoted to Pete William’s deeply resonant, powerful and spiritually infused portraits which are grounded in today’s global club culture but stem from a musical diaspora which reflects the profound impact of this thing called “Jazz!”
Pete Williams is an artist. He has produced impressive bodies of work for Far Out records and MELT/B&W but he is internationally renowned for the iconic photographic images he produced for Straight No Chaser magazine. For nigh on two decades he has worked closely with the driving force behind Chaser, editor and publisher, Paul Bradshaw and he took on commissions that mirrored Straight No Chaser’s uncompromising, outernational, cross generational musical vision. Working predominently in black & white his work is part of a lineage which gave us seminal jazz photographers like Herman Leonard and William Claxton and like them he has produced an expansive range of powerful and moving portraits that reflect our times while uniting different generations of cutting edge artists and musicians.
Back in 1988, after studying photography at the Royal College of Art, Williams met up with the Chaser crew. They had just launched a “designer fanzine” dedicated to hip, wayward genius, Thelonious Monk and committed to what they called “The Freedom Principle”. Peter is an integral member of Straight No Chaser’ worldwide family and maintains a unique and long-standing working relationship with both Paul Bradshaw and with the magazine’s art director - Ian ‘Swifty’ Swift. The results of this relationship are manifested in this powerful collection of images that features influential nu-generation dons like DJ Shadow, Reprazent, Sizzla, Soweto Kinch, The Roots, Courtney Pine and Cassandra Wilson alongside spiritual jazz legends like Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, Jayne Cortez, McCoy Tyner, Yusef Lateef, Steve Reid and Nina Simone. On the global front there are outstanding portraits of Brasilian songbird Flora Purim, Mali’s majestic Oumou Sangare, the unstoppable Rai rebel - Khaled, the late great Maskanda queen Busi Mhlongo and that former Brazilian Minister for Culture - Gilberto Gil.
There’s humour and humanity in these shots and an essential element of surprise – like Pete’s image of Miles Davis at London’s Festival Hall, horn at the ready, floating in the air like an eerie apparition. This show is, without doubt, one of the highlights of this year’s London International Jazz Festival and these images are a joy to behold.
The Sessions!
14th Nov@ 12 – 3pm pm: At 1pm SNC & Maverik present: Chasin’ The Vision: An open discussion with the photographer, Pete Williams & Straight No Chaser’s Paul Bradshaw facilitated by Jason Jules (Garmsville) + Live music: Freestyle & Beyond.
19th Nov. 6 - 9pm: Live: The Funky End Of Things – An Open Rehearsal.
Fresh from a world tour with violinist Nigel Kennedy, Jazz Warrior and Vibes master, Orphy Robinson, is the Musical Director for all the live music at The Chaser Years: The Photographic Art of Peter Williams.
The Maverik Showroom, 68-72 Redchurch Street. London E2 7DP
12th-20th November 2010 (11th Nov. Private View)
Weekday Opening times: midday – 6pm.
Weekend Opening times: midday – 4pm
To Be Announced: Chasin’ The Vision: An early evening open discussion facilitated by Jason Jules (Garmsville) with Pete Williams (photographer), Paul Bradshaw (Chaser) and Ian Swift (Swifty)
For more information on The Chaser Years - The Photographic Art Of Peter Williams contact Paul Bradshaw: pb.straightnochaser@gmail.
For all press enquiries, image requests & sales please contact Angelo Carnielo Angelo@maverikagency.com
Maverik Showroom – Tel: 0207 7739 60002
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