… “Love it!” (Archie Shepp)
… “You are so creative, you really catch the feeling… you got it!” (Ornette Coleman)
… “I can hear my song in your photo!” (Celia Crúz)
… “You’d be called a ‘seer’ in another place, Dee!” (Abdullah Ibrahim, formerly known as Dollar Brand)
… “A perfect visual counterpart to the sounds… As Tadd Dameron said, ‘STAY ON IT!’ ” (Bob Blumenthal)
…”Oh they are wonderful Dee Dee… and really capture the artist. Right to the core… You are a fantastic photographer. There are a couple of me that could be nice for the book. Wonderful photos of all the jazzers my dear. Much love to you – Kisses! ” (Sheila Jordan)
… “I can hear my music in your photographs!” (Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaría, Ray Barretto, and MANY others)
… “Dee Dee, you jive!!!!!” (Billy Higgins)
… “With much love… BRIGHT MOMENTS!” (Horace and Cecilia Tapscott)
…”Took my breath away – you caught every side of my Dad in those photos! AWESOME!” (Renée Tapscott Wilcot)
… “Fabulously composed, incredibly sensitive” (Janet Van Fleet, Studio Place Arts)
… “This work brought tears to my eyes – it was so emotional and passionate!” (Sylvia M.)
… “So nice to see the faces to the sounds… BEAUTIFUL!” (A. Gustavson)
… “[I am] Hit by the inspiration of the images…!” (Larry Roland)
… “You have captured the spirit of these creative geniuses from the inside, and with shining vision… Thanks!” (Jordan)
… “I never looked so great as in the picture you took of me at the old Jazzmania! What a great job you did…If my picture could say or sing something, I am sure it would be a Chant from the Amazon! A big Brazilian hug!” (Gaudencio Thiago de Mello)
… “This [is] very enlightening… Your fan!” (Michelle)
… “Great work, Dee! [I am] greatly impressed!” (Carlos)
… “Your energy shows in your work” (Katherine Lord)
… “Very nice… I’m impressed… THANK YOU!” (John Page)
… “Inspiring and uplifting – a visual feast!…Thank you!” (Nina Miller)
UNSIGNED ENTRIES:
… “Viewing your work is a wonderfully emotional visual experience”…
… “Hit by the inspiration of the images”…
… “Wonderful work… you have captured the spirit of these creative geniuses from the inside, and with shining vision. Thanks! ”…
… “This work is inspiring and uplifting — a visual feast! Thank you!”…
… “A wonderfully emotional visual experience…”