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โ€œThe Visual Language of Jazzโ€ โ€” My First Article for All About Jazz

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Miss Carmen Bradford by Hank Hehmsoth

๐ŸŽจ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’”๐’–๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’–๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’›๐’› โ€” ๐‘ท๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’ ๐‘จ๐’๐’ ๐‘จ๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’›๐’›

For decades, my creative life as a jazz pianist and composer has run alongside my work as a visual artist. In my world, rhythm becomes texture, harmony becomes color, and improvisation lives on canvas.

I'm honored to share my first article as a contributor for All About Jazzโ€”a platform Iโ€™ve respected for years. This piece is called โ€œThe Visual Language of Jazzโ€, and it explores the ways my music and art speak to one another.

From performance posters and album covers to abstract pieces like the one above (*Miss Carmen Bradford*), this curated gallery invites you to see the pulse of jazz through line, shape, and light.

๐ŸŽท๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ ๐‘น๐’‰๐’š๐’•๐’‰๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’” ๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’†. ๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’›๐’› ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’†. ๐‘จ๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’”, ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’—๐’‚๐’”.

๐Ÿ“– Read the Full Article & Gallery on All About Jazz

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