Ben Johnson
Ben’s Contributions
04/11/13 Community Articles
Up Close and Personal with Incognito - Featuring Maysa - B.B. King Blues Club New York- April 2, 2013
We were up close and personal with British acid jazz band Incognito featuring Maysa as they wowed a sell-out crowd at B.B. King Blues Club New York, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. This was the first night in New York on their ten day US tour. For 34 years, this...
05/02/12 Photos
Kurt Elling: Sinatra Swings
Kurt Elling performing a tribute to Frank Sinatra at The Zellerbach Theater at The Annenberbg Center for the Arts on the University of Pennsylvania Campus, April 28, 2012
05/02/12 Community Articles
Kurt Elling - Sinatra Swings
Kurt Elling performing a tribute to Frank Sinatra at The Zellerbach Theater at The Annenberbg Center for the Arts on the University of Pennsylvania Campus, April 28, 2012
11/21/11 Photos
Tony Bennett: Live at the Academy of Music
Photos from recent performance in Philadelphia by renowned singer
08/14/11 Photos
Newport Jazz Festival 2011
Photos by Ben Johnson from the prestigious jazz festival in Rhode Island
07/05/10 Community Articles
Photos From the 33rd Annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival
The 2010 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festivals
E-mail
Share
RSS
ReportAbout Ben Johnson
I am a native of Atlantic City, NJ. and grew up during a time where I was exposed to Jazz, and had mentors who groomed me in the genre. I became an Amateur Radio operator, WB2GUK in 1962, and could send and receive Morse Code at 75 words per minute. My hobbies were primarily related to electronics and Amateur Radio Before retiring, I spent 34 years as an engineer supporting Air Traffic Control Enroute computer systems. My love for Jazz started at an early age listening to the likes Jimmy Smith, and guided into listenening to BeBop and Avant Garde by my life long friend, drummer Harvey Mason. Twenty five years ago (or so) , I started photography as a secondary hobby and found a passion for photographing Jazz artists in live performance, as a means of retaining their performances for personal memories. My passion has expanded to trying to capture that special moment of a performance for all to see, and to encourage viewers to come out and support The Art of Live Jazz. I'm forturnate to have had the opportunity to document many performances at many festival and concert venues. My work was featured as the cover photograph for late internationally known vocalist Jon Lucien’s last CD, “Live In NYC”, as well as feature articles in Jazz Times Magazine http://www.jazztimes.com, in conjunction with reviews by my wife Karen Brundage-Johnson My photo gallery in hosted at
Comments are encouraged.
Ben Johnson Jazz Photos
Ben Johnson joined the JazzTimes community on Nov 22, 2009