John Edwin Mason: Documentary, Motorsports, Photo History

Funky Friday with South Africa's Spirits Rejoice

I've been thinking about Spirits Rejoice, the great South Africa jazz-rock fusion band, ever since I read a terrific paper about a bad musical. Tyler Fleming presented a chapter of his forth-coming book about King Kong (the iconic South African musical of the '50s, not the giant ape) to a... Read more →

Nikon Packs It In, iPhone Bails Me Out: Shooting a Sound Check with the Free Bridge Quintet and Hod O'Brien

No excuses. When somebody gives you an assignment, you come back with photos. No excuses. So, yesterday evening, I'm shooting the sound check for the Free Bridge Quintet's concert "A Celebration of Dizzy Gillespie," and my Nikon D7000 decides that it doesn't want to autofocus with the Nikon 35/2 that... Read more →

Celebrating Dizzy: The Free Bridge Quintet & Hod O'Brien, in Concert, 21 October 2011

It's short notice I know, but, folks, you'll want to hear this... Tomorrow night, the Free Bridge Quintet will welcome guest pianist Hod O'Brien to the stage of the University of Virginia's Cabell Hall for a celebration of the life and music of Dizzy Gillespie. The gig starts at 8:00,... Read more →

Wilhelmina "Ma Mac" McKenzie, 1928-2011

Cape Town, South Africa, lost a great soul, today. Wilhelmina "Ma Mac" McKenzie, wife of the late Samuel "Mr. Mac" McKenzie and mother to Gerald "Mac", Cedric, Consilia, Robert, Sylvia, and Muriel, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family. Ma Mac, Cape Town, 1 October 2011. [Click on the photo... Read more →