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Welcome to Pixelbarry.com

James Knox is music reviewer/photographer for www.j-notes.com and www.pixelbarry.com. He has been photographing and writing about the San Francisco Bay Area jazz scene since 2002. His writing has been featured in Jazz Review and Blogcritics. His photographs have been featured in the SF Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition, and on the album covers for Clairdee, Adam Shulman, and Nicolas Bearde.

James has photographed Monterey Jazz Festival, SFJAZZ, Vallejo Jazz Festival, The Jazzschool in Berkeley, Yoshi's Jazz Club, Berkeley Jazz Festival, Jazz at Pearl's, San Jose Jazz Festival, Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival, Fillmore Jazz Festival, Art and Soul Oakland Festival, Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Anna's Jazz Island, Jazz on the River/Russian River Jazz Festival and countless music concerts. He also enjoys photographing nature, architecture, food, classic cars, and neon signage.

His jazz photography has been exhibited at the San Francisco Main Public Library (2007) and The Jazzschool in Berkeley (2008). He is currently working on a new exhibit for Jazz Appreciation Month (April 2010) with the San Jose Jazz Festival.

"James Knox is a great Bay Area ambassador for Jazz. His photographs are vibrant and beautiful and capture the true spirit and soul of the AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival. It is a pleasure working with him every year." - Geoff Roach, Executive Director, San Jose Jazz

James credits his passion for photography and jazz to his parents, Ritson and Elizabeth Knox.

Tag Archives: live music

Crooner

My friend Theo crooning at The Jazzschool in April. A few years ago, we used to sing in choir together. I am really happy for him.

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Kurt Elling w/The Count Basie Orchestra @ Davies Symphony Hall

Kurt Elling w/The Count Basie Orchestra @ Davies Symphony Hall performing the music of William “Count” Basie and Frank Sinatra for the SFJAZZ Spring Season. The Count Basie Orchestra directed by Bill Hughes.

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Vesta Williams @ The Rrazz Room

Vesta Williams @ The Rrazz Room She looks and sounds wonderful!!!

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Brian Ho OGD Trio

Brian Ho swinging hard on his Hammond B3 organ with his trio at Jupiter in Berkeley.

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Patti Austin @ Yoshi’s San Francisco

Patti Austin – Yoshi’s San Francisco I have loved Patti Austin for as long as I can remember. It was an honor to photograph her shows. I saw her three times during her run and each show was amazing. You can see more photos from her show here.

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Soul Power!

I had the pleasure of meeting spoken word artist Joyce Lee when she recently performed with singer Valerie Troutt at Yoshi’s San Francisco. Her performance was spectacular.

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Fillmore Jazz Festival 2009

The Fillmore Jazz Festival was held July 4 and 5 on Fillmore Street running from Eddy Street up to Jackson Street. There were three different performance stages featuring jazz, blues, latin and soul music. There were even swing dancing lessons. My photo highlights  include the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra f/t Faye Carol, Marcus Shelby &...

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Jeremy Pelt Quintet @ Yoshi’s Oakland

Jeremy Pelt – trumpet/flugelhorn Danny Grissett – piano J. D. Allen – tenor saxaphone Dwayne Burno – acoustic bass Darrell Green – drums Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and his band played two great sets at Yoshi’s Oakland on January 15, 2009.

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10 for Monday

I was recently asked to select 8-10 jazz photos that I would submit for an exhibit.  Where does one begin? Which photos to select? Where is that photo that I thought was supercool? The 10 images selected were taken at Bay Area music events and festivals over the past four years. Update: I have been selected...

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