Merry Christmas to you all

the musician : Tokunbo
the tune : Get away
the artist : you design me

Here is a video from Kristin (aka you design me) for your Crhistmas. The song is performed by Tokunbo. And I'll take the opportunity to wish you a very merry Christmas time and holiday (if you have any that is).

Thank you Kristin for sharing this lovely video with us.

Philippe.

DJAM - third edition out now!

I've already talked about the DJAM magazine here before. It is a very good magazine exclusively about jazz and the jazz scene in France. It is published and distributed in Paris mostly but it will soon be distributed in Belgium and Canada also.
As I was saying in my last post about the magazine, the print is excellent, it has the right size, right weight and the articles are great. This new edition is focusing on the connection between jazz and technology.

If you want to get your hands on your own copy, you can go here.
 

DJAM - second edition out now!

I have not been posting much lately, I have had a lot on my hands. Many projects happening at the same time and not enough free time to do what I'd like to do (you know that feeling, I am sure...).
 Among those different projects, there was this one really interesting collaboration with the DJAM magazine. I sent them my Billie Holiday drawing for the cover and they included an add for jazz and draw in their pages.
They  sent me a copy of it and I have to say it is very good. The print is excellent, right size, right weight and the articles are great. This edition was focusing on women in the jazz scene.

If you want to get your hands on your own copy, you can go here.
And if you feel like helping them publishing, here is the place to donate.
 

inside illustration by Loïs Albert

jazz and draw add featuring Schiani Ledo, Jackie Mancuso, Peter Schachter, Nik Neves, Serge Dehaes, Tim Kirby and George Bletsis. Thanks guys.

200th post - Keith Jarrett

As promised in my 100th post, we did go for another hundred images. To make this 200th post special and not be unfair to anyone, I give you my all time favourite piece. It could be considered more classic than jazzy, it remains a very special and unique piece. I have listened to this piece about a zillion times. Can't get enough of it. Enjoy it.

And here we go for another hundred images...

Jazz and Draw takes a week off

I will be on vacation this coming week and, as usual, I also take some vacation from the jazz and draw project. But I would not leave you without some visual goodies. Here is a series of instruments by the excellent Terrance Albrecht.
See you in a week,

Philippe.

the musicians : Polar Bear
the tune : Peepers
the artist : Terrance Albrecht

Jazz exhibition in Stavelot next week-end

Yai, an exhibition again! This time, I am the one showing my work with Blaise thanks to this blog again. We are setting up an exhibition of our jazz paintings - only big formats, the two images you see here both measure at least 1 meter. The show takes place during a small jazz festival at l'abbaye de Stavelot.

the musician : Bill Evans
the tune : My Foolish Heart
the artist : Blaise Dehon, Philippe Debongnie

Oscar Peterson - Caravan

the musician : Oscar Peterson
the tune : Caravan
the artist : Tobias Hall

Tobias, whom you've seen here before was asked to create a couple of murals for Zizzi in Croydon, London.
One of them is a jazz composition. He was nice ehough to share some pictures of it with us. Hope you like them as much as I do. Thanks Tobias.

Jazz exhibition in Brussels next week-end

You've both seen them here before, Blaise and Serge have contributed to make jazz and draw what it is today. And now, partly thanks to this very blog, they are setting up an exhibition of their jazz drawings. The show will take place at l'image au carré and will be running from the 3rd to the 27th of november. Opening and jam session this next sunday from 11 am to 3 pm. Hope to see some of you there ;-)

the musician : Hank Mobley
the tune : Smokin'
the artists : Blaise Dehon, Serge Dehaes

Mads Berg's series

Some of you might not have followed the blog assiduously and missed some of Mad's illos. You can see them separately by clicking here.

100th post - Bobby McFerrin

This is the 100th post already!
Thank you all for your fidelity and your support.

Since I felt this could not pass unnoticed, and since I thought placing someone's image today would be unfair to all the other paritcipants, I decided to post a few videos of one of my favourite singer. I was hoping to get a portrait of him to post but it never came (I'll have to do it myself one of these days). He is probably the only person I know of who is able to make a crowd sing on the right tone (as shown on third the video). This might not be jazzy enough for everyone but by now you probably noticed the musical scope of the blog is quite wide. Hope you like it as much as I do. Enjoy.

And now we're going for another hundred images!

Jazz and draw takes another week of vacation

I am taking another week of vacation this coming week and again will not be able to post. As I did last time, I post now a few images all done by the same person. He is French originally but lives in Belgium for some time now, he will be exhibiting his work together with Yves Budin and Blaise Dehon very soon and he's got some very funny pictures. His name is Jampur Fraize and he's got an unusual outlook on jazz.
Enjoy, and see you in a week,

Philippe.

the musician : Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars
the tune : a mix
the artist : Jampur Fraise

Peter Schachter's series

For those who have not been following the blog regularly, I post the complete series of Peter's iphone drawings. You can see them separately by clicking here.

jazz and draw takes a week of vacation

Since I will be on vacation this coming week and will therefore not be able to post, I thought I'd make one big post for you. I called up my good friend (and jazz lover) Blaise Dehon whose work you've seen here before and who made an exhibition about jazz not so long ago (you might remember that). He sent me some of the pieces he presented at this exhibition. Hope you like them.
See you in a week,

Philippe.

the musician : Al & Don Ayler
the tune : Truth is marching in

the musician : Chet Baker
the tune : excerpt of "Let's get lost", a documentary about Chet Baker

the musician : Johnny Hodges
the tune : "Sunny side of the street" & "I got it bad and that ain't good" & others...

the musician : Rashied Ali
the tune : No title
the artist : Blaise Dehon

20 june - Eric Dolphy's birthday

the musician : Eric Dolphy
the tune : Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
the artist : Keith Henry Brown

What better day to remind you of Keith Henry's graphic novel about Eric Dolphy. He is still trying to get it funded through Kickstarter, here is the link. Go check it out, and if you've got the means, go help him out. The image here is a preview of the project in the works.

Eric Dolphy - a graphic novel in the coming

the musician : Eric Dolphy
the tune : Left Alone
the artist : Keith Henry Brown

Keith Henry has some fantactic portraits of Jazz musicians on his site. He is currently working on a graphic novel about Erci Dolphy, trying to get it funded through Kickstarter, here is the link. Go check it out, and if you've got the means, go help him out. This novel's going to be great!