#  The Sound of My Soul: Frank Stewart's Life in Jazz 

 



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## Fall 2019


## The Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art presents a thorough retrospective of the jazz photography of Frank Stewart for our Fall exhibition, curated by Ruth Fine. Frank Stewart’s deep investigation of his African American roots through music, coupled with his intimate back- and on-stage access, offer a rich view of the jazz world via a post-modern vision that is firmly rooted in diverse artistic traditions. Jazz legends and younger stars -- Miles Davis, Ellis Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Cassandra Wilson, Etienne Charles, and Cécile McLorin Salvant among them -- are featured in eighty photographs. They include gelatin silver prints and large-size digital compositions created since 1973 by Stewart, lead photographer for Jazz at Lincoln Center and the 2017 winner of the Jazz Journalists Association *Award for Career Excellenc*e. 

### [Gallery brochure for 'The Sound of My Soul: Frank Stewart's Life in Jazz' (PDF)](/file_url/534)



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

##  Cooper Gallery Conversation with Fred Moten and Frank Stewart (09-17-2019) 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 

##  Cooper Gallery Concert & Conversation with Gregory Groover Jr. (9-27-2019) 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 

##  Press 

 



  [### Harvard Gazette: 'The soul of a jazz man'

 ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/the-sound-of-my-soul-brings-frank-stewarts-photos-into-focus-at-cooper-gallery/) October 01, 2019 

 Frank Stewart learned young how to fail often with his camera. A painter could spend days on a canvas only to realize the result was a “monstrosity,” the acclaimed photographer and artist said during a conversation with New York University Professor of... 

 

 

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##  Events 

 



  [### Concert & Conversation: Featuring Charles Overton, hosted by Ingrid Monson

 ](/event/concert-conversation-featuring-charles-overton-hosted-ingrid-monson)Dec 13, 2019

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 7:00PM EST 

 

 

   [### Concert & Conversation: Christopher Lydon, ft. Ron Reid's Liberty Quartet

 ](/event/concert-conversation-christopher-lydon-ft-ron-reids-liberty-quartet)Nov 15, 2019

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 7:00PM EST 

 

 

   [### Concert & Conversation Series featuring Gregory Groover Jr.

 ](/event/concert-conversation-series-featuring-gregory-groover-jr)Sep 27, 2019

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 7:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### Fred Moten and Frank Stewart: In Conversation

 ](/event/fred-moten-and-frank-stewart-conversation)Sep 17, 2019

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 4:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### Exhibition Opening: 'The Sound of My Soul: Frank Stewart's Life in Jazz'

 ](/event/exhibition-opening-sound-my-soul-frank-stewarts-life-jazz)Sep 16, 2019

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 6:00PM EDT 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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