Minister of Bop 2005


Artful images from the American Southwest, captured and created by Doug Wesley.	Abate Blues. Greg Abate at El Farol in Santa Fe, NM Featured Exhibit in April 2005

**Minister of Bop 2005***
It had been nearly a year since I first heard Greg Abate (pronounced ah BAH' ti) play in Santa Fe. I had been listening to one of his CD's and mulling how I could visually capture his sound, which engulfs you like a lyrical flash flood. To paraphrase the movie, "Amadeus", so many notes! When Greg hits his groove, I think he's no longer with us in the room. He seems to lose himself and become the music. That's what I attempted to catch in my camera.
Gig at El Farol, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM, March 26, 2005
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At El Farol	The Axe	Askew	Lady in Pink

Halo	Moving Out	Digging In	Transformation

Going	Gone	In the Music	Long

Disappearance	Music is Master	Circles	Leading the Way

Quieter	Rapture	It Makes You Smarter	The Performance

The Performer	Abate Blues

* Greg and I spent a couple of hours one windy Sunday afternoon driving the dusty roads of New Mexico looking for a fresh good cigar (not a simple task in the rural west). I had asked him to explain Bebop from a musical structure point of view. I wanted to be able to differentiate it from other jazz. I got a seminar, dense and deep. And, as the lesson came to a close, I got a passionate sermon about what Bebop means to Greg. That's when I realized that I was chauffeuring the Minister of Bop.

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