Once a good crowd of people showed up on Monday evening, the Jazz 88 All Stars took the stage at Tango Del Rey.



I was still signing my photo mats once they started playing, so I only saw half their set. Good straightahead jazz, if a little reserved for Heather's taste. I did enjoy their song selection, especially the Wayne Shorter tune.



The lighting scheme was just a few colored spotlights shining from the balcony, which gave me a lot of freedom in my white balance options. I could set it to render the shirts and sheet music as white, as above, or play warm against cool as below:



Spotlights provide a very directional illumination, which works as a great rim light when shot from the dark side, especially in black and white:





Shooting the lit side gives a classic jazz feel, like what you'd see on countless jazz album covers of the past 60+ years:

 

Having a balcony on 3 sides gave me lots of fun angles to work with too.





I didn't get a chance to meet any members of this band and they haven't checked their myspace page in three months, so if you know them, please send me their email addresses or let them know they can see these photos here. Thanks!