Day with Jaymz Bee
Do you know someone so annoyingly positive, that you can’t help but love them? I do! Mr Jaymz Bee! His sense of humor and his positive attitude are infectious!
I first met him at a green party our chiropractor threw to welcome the Spring. Everyone was to wear something green and bring something green to offer to the party! I brought kiwi’s. I was young and naive!
Jaymz caught my eye in his yellow shirt with ruffles and blue velvet suit I later found out used to belong to his father. If a person dares to dress that loud, they have got to have a lot of interesting things to say too! Well then, no wonder he earned his place at the Jazz FM. Definitely one of my favorite radio stations in the city!
As a photographer, I am a voyeur, there is no denying! I am infected with insatiable curiosity and I love to document what I see. The purpose of this is to share it with others. I always feel incredibly privileged to be allowed into the privacy of others and to have the opportunity to pull out my camera and capture what I experience!
Today, you are lucky just like I was a few months ago, to see how Jaymz lives and what he likes near him. This loft is one Jaymz just left and I haven’t seen the new one yet, but I am pretty sure it’s just as spacious and interesting!
I don’t know too many people anymore that collect records, I was impressed with this collection, Jaymz has some great records! Jazz and Funk and everything in between! Really, would you expect anything less?
Jaymz has some very flashy sneakers! They match his personality!
I find well decorated homes that are picture perfect quite amazing, but from the point of view of a peoples photographer, the things people choose to surround themselves with say so much about who they are and what they like. I wouldn’t want to remove any of the items in this shot, they all have their story and are important in illustrating the life of a musician and colorful personality that Jaymz has.
We are all different people at home than we are at work or out in the public. Character of a person is reflected in many aspects of their life. Our homes are huge collections of past experiences and mementos of events that shaped us as individuals, creative expressions of ideas and interests. And if you throw in the family history and economic aspect, you can learn so much about an individual from spending a little time in their space, that you could never learn otherwise!
I don’t know about you, but I love this shot! I love the seat all worn in and comfy and the B hat! Pin-up girl and the records. Jaymz has hula hoops! What?
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We stopped over at Jaymz’s office at the Jazz FM. I wish I could photograph him in the studio during the show, but I don’t think anyone listening to the show would like me very much. All the clicking in the background would not be to funny! But his office at work shows just as much personality as his home.
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Have you ever considered hitting the streets and joining Jaymz for one of his Jazz Safari nights? Do it! Do it! Do it! It is amazing fun! And even if you don’t absolutely love Jazz, you will learn a lot about the live music scene in this city and get the best tour guide you could ever dream of. And in the process of that, you may just realize that you have been a huge jazz fan all along!
The last couple of photos are from one of these events at the Lula Lounge Jaymz put together. Lula Lounge is a lovely venue with good food, but combine that with talented singers and a good band and you have a great night to look forward to! And I can tell you, I had no idea Toronto had so much incredible talent! Male, female, teenage and trios, they were all fantastic, incredibly entertaining and amazing musicians!
Wow!
