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My humble abode in Putnam Valley
Reading by the stream in my “front yard.”
Zhan Zuang Qigong standing meditation on Candlewood Mountain, Putnam Valley
With violin virtuosi Bruce Patti of the Dallas Symphony and Shem Guibbory of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
With Robert Motherwell painting in Washington D.C.
In front of my Putnam Valley poetry collection.
With Arturo O’Farrill
Panelist with Ron Lambert at the 2025 Tai Chi Festival, Warwick, NY
MJ with new sitar, 2025
With Carlos Lyra, Birdland
With Roberto Menescal, NYC
With Brian Auger, Marlboro, NY
With bluesman Bill “Mr. Stress” Miller in Cleveland
With Bob Dorough, NYC
With Tom Rush & John Sebastian in Tarrytown
Jungle trek in Phuket, Thailand
With dream rhythm section — bassist Arild Andersen & drummer Barry Altschul
With Randy Brecker at the Blue Note
With Phil Keaggy at B.B. King’s, NYC
With Dom Salvador & Marcos Valle at Birdland
Playing on a Bangkok street corner on a borrowed guitar
With John Renbourn in Croton, NY
With Charlie Musselwhite, Pawling, NY
With a Mark Rothko painting
With Spider John Koerner in Brooklyn
Teaching a kung fu workshop, Solon, Ohio
With one of my paintings
Kung fu demonstration in Ohio
Performing at St. George Winery in Mohegan Lake, NY
With my painting “Id (Wailing)”
In my Putnam Valley library with African diasporic sculptures.
With my painting “Boundless”
Conducting a kung fu workshop in Cleveland
Solo performance at Roulette Theater, Brooklyn, March 27th 2013
With John McLaughlin at the Blue Note, NYC, 2011
Birthday party at home, June 2011
With Marcos Valle, Birdland NYC, April 2011
Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 2011
With Bert Jansch, Iridium NYC, Dec. 2010
Performing in Cleveland, Ohio, July 3, 2010
Performing in Cleveland, July 3, 2010
Cleveland, Ohio July 2010
With Cecil Taylor at CUNY in Harlem, 2009
Iridium Marquee, NYC, July 29th 2009
Marquee of MJ’s performance at Iridium on Broadway, 2009
MJ at Iridium Club, NYC, July 29th 2009
Iridium Club, NYC, July 29th 2009
“George Costanza”, January 2008, Los Angeles, with Jason Alexander and my brother Richard
Practicing baguazhang kung fu at Hudson River, Peekskill, NY 2008
Ipanema beach with friends at Paulinho’s massage table, Feb 2007
Strolling down Ipanema beach (my winter home for over 20 years) in the morning, March 2007.
With Richard Satlow, a senior student of B.P. Chan and my martial arts teacher for 14 years
MJ with Larry Coryell at The Jazz Standard, NYC 2007
NYC 2005 BossAmerioca session with L-R Helio Schiavo, Debby Watts, Dionisio Santos, Leco Reis, Joel Frahm, Tim Collins
MJ with McCoy Tyner, Blue Note, NYC, circa 2005
Doing Research in Art Studio, 2003
With my martial arts teacher and mentor B.P. Chan
Composing at home on Steinway grand, Cortlandt Manor, NY early 2000’s
At home in Cortlandt Manor with Martin guitar and painting The Third World, circa late 1990’s, early 2000’s
Art exhibit in Soho, NYC, 1997
Improvising on an Irish harp in Baltimore, 1996
MJ with 2nd version of band Sound Sculpture at NYC recording studio, 1993. (From left: Rob Thomas, Jon Doty, Jay Mazzarella, Steve Samuels)
Mixing the Sound Sculpture NYC recording session that became the CD, “Quartet & Solo,” in Mahopac, NY 1993
MJ in recording studio, NYC 1993
1993, Mahopac, NY overdubs in recording studio
Producing recording session for Mark Dobson, Orlando, Florida, 1992
Driving down California Coast, 1991
With my painting, Existential Realization, Cortlandt Manor, NY 1990’s
1990’s Cortlandt Manor with Darryl Berk guitar, Ratzo Harris bass
Working in my home art studio, Cortlandt Manor, NY, mid 1990’s
Jam session in Cortlandt Manor, mid-1990’s
MJ in early 1990’s Orlando, FL laying down tracks in recording studio
Botanical Gardens, Rio de Janeiro, 1988
Performing in Greenwich, CT, 1983
Poster for concert in Kingston, NY, 1983, with original Sound Sculpture members, Kevin Hart – drums, and Matthew Petterson – bass
Solo piano concert and painting exhibition, Cleveland, 1981
Advertisment for concert at Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio, 1981
Promo shot for Spaces concert 1981, Cleveland
Handbill for my solo concert in Playhouse Square, Cleveland, 1981
At show opening, Dowling College, Long Island, 1980
Conceptual Art Show, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY 1980
Jamming with Sonny Murray on drums and Jimmy Lyons (not pictured), with Cecil Taylor looking over his shoulder, Woodstock, NY 1980
Picture in Downbeat Magazine with Cecil Taylor and Alan Silva at the Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY 1980
MJ with Wally the malamute, Lyndhurst, OH, circa 1979
Group Art Show in SoHo, 1978
With brother Richard and sister Ellen at Lake Forest Country Club, Hudson, Ohio, circa 1978
Chugging wine at my painting exhibition, SoHo, NYC, 1978
Giving nephew Jeffrey a few pointers at the piano, Beachwood, Ohio, circa 1978
Practicing guitar in bedroom, Beachwood, Ohio, circa 1975
Philosophic theorizing circa 1974
Paris, France, Summer of 1974
Graduation from Kent State University, 1974
Playing the blues back in the USSR Neva River, Communist Lenningrad, Jan. 1973
Kent State Karate Club, 1972
Sorting scrap metal in the hot sun with Eddie Goldstein, Windham, Ohio, 1972
MJ on Ford with guitar Winter 1970, Cardington Dr., Beachwood, Ohio
1969 Ann Arbor, MI with Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters
Blowing harp in Mo Schwartz Blues Band, Cleveland 1969
With Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf & Big Joe Williams in Ann Arbor, 1969
With Glenn Schwartz & Darryl Berk, 1969, Cleveland
MJ’s earliest guitar pic, circa 1968 New England, with brother Ricky
Bar mitzvah, Cleveland, June 19, 1965
MJ, Mom, sister Ellen, Dad, baby Ricky, University Heights, Ohio, circa 1957
Circa 1956, Verona Rd., South Euclid, OH with cousin Gary
Buckaroo Jones, South Euclid, Ohio, circa 1953
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