Surprise in store

摘要

In a world where even the street ad hoardings are animated, do we still need still pictures? YouTube gives us endless music-video footage to explore, from old favourites to acts you never dreamed had been captured on film. I thought about this as I wandered home after a launch event at the Audio Lounge, the new high-end retailer in London's Wigmore Street, W1 [see 'Off the Leash', p154]. There as a special guest to open the store was none other than Guy Barker, the UK's most celebrated jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader. But the party centred on the work of David Redfern, the pre-eminent music photographer.