Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Jazz Legend

Jazz Legend

I met a jazz legend yesterday. Ronnie Gardiner. He is an American musician who has lived in Sweden for nearly 50 years. He is a drummer, and has played with some of the most famous jazz musicians, like Dizzy Gillespie and Gerry Mulligan. He told me that he recently moved to Vendelsö in Haninge and that's where we met. When Ronnie isn't touring the world playing music he works a lot with something called the RGRM Method, and if you would like to find out more about that have a look at his web site. I also believe that Ronnie is the only American that has received the St Erik Medal from the city of Stockholm.

8 comments:

Peter said...

Sounds a great life- Well Captured, love the depth of field.

Olivier said...

un superbe portrait en b&w

brattcat said...

one of your best portraits, steffe.

Chrissy Brand said...

Looks and sounds like a nice guy- another lovely post Steffe.

Chrissy at Manchester: a photo a day at Mancunian Wave

Lynette said...

You have a wonderful photo here. And a great story, too.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Very cool portrait Steffe, I love the jazz!!

Sabrina said...

What a beautiful portrait! He looks like a very sympathetic man.

Gunn said...

Vakkert portrett!
Jeg liker det i s/h.
Du er så flink til å få kontakt, og de du fotograferer ser ut til å være avslappet foran kamera.