Hello and good Sunday afternoon to you and yours c1ferrari,
I just came from church and wanted to respond to your question. Sam, while I worked for the Dept Of The Army in Germany I had many wonderful experiences where jazz was concerned. I was blessed to work at a club in Frankfurt Germany as a photographer. Mind you, when I left Washington DC I had a Minolta 35mm manual camera but would only call myself a rank beginner. When I arrived in Germany and after beginning to learn my job as an addictions program manager and how to get around, I learned of a photo lab on a nearby military post. After checking it out, I found out the manager was willing to teach me about the camera in all it's glory. When I had been under his instructions for about 7 months, I started going on weekends to a jazz club in Frankfurt. I got to know the manager who would permit me to take photos only if I promised him 3 (9x14) black and whites of every jazz musician who came to the club. I promised I would. Each time a talent would come to play, I would do the photos. By the way, I processed each print myself in the photo lab. I took photos of many jazz greats to include Dizziy Gilesspie, Nat Adderly, Woody Shaw, Chet Baker, Joe Henderson, the Heath brothers, and others. Many jazz greats would stop in Germany from Paris to make extra money before returning to the USA.
I have a stash of negatives brought back from Germany I was never able to process. I keep telling myself I am going to get them done here in the USA. Everything is digital now so I've got to find a photo business that is still processing 35mm negatives. I don't dare take them to Walmart or CVS Pharmacy who is going the try and process them through a machine. Anyway, thanks for asking sir. You may PM me if you have other questions sir.
Bob W.
