Liquid Soul Photos

“Sweat ’til you bleed!” Ron making a rare rap performance at the Double Door, Labor Day weekend, 1999.

MCB and Rick and someone’s head … somewhere!

View from the stage at the Newport Jazz Festival at Madarao (Japan), August 2000.

Mars and Tom at the Iowa City Jazz Fest, July 1999. (Photo by Ziggy Zerang.)

They gave us these cool jackets in Madarao, and we just had to try them on.

Stirring up rhythms at Peabody’s Downunder, Cleveland, spring 2000.

Mars and Ron in a jam session with Clarence Banks of the Count Basie Orchestra.

MCB revs up the crowd in Madarao, Japan, August 2000.

“Here’s the Deal” CD-release party, Metro, Chicago, Apr. 29, 2000 (Photo by Mike Rosley).

DJ Eddie Mills and Tommy Sanchez *literally* burn up the stage at Mulligan’s in Richmond, Va. (April 2000).

New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31, 1999), Chicago

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MCB in Central Park.

Johnny Showtime, blowing hard and getting a good look at himself. (Tralf, Buffalo, N.Y., April 2000.)

It was a beautiful day and a great crowd at the Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta (May 2000). Too bad we couldn’t stay longer.

Ajax and MCB prepare for a little four-wheelin’ in Madarao.

On stage in Central Park, New York City, while opening for Sting and Cheb Mami (Sept. 2000).

A chrome-domed Tommy Sanchez at the Music Midtown Fest, Atlanta.

Mars in Denver, summer 1999 (photo by Jabare).

Mars gets ’em going at the Quebec City Jazz Festival, July 1998.

Tommy tears it up at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, May 2000.

Ron Haynes and MCB at the “Here’s the Deal” CD-release party, Metro, Chicago, Apr. 29, 2000 (Photo by Mike Rosley).

Tommy Sanchez at the “Here’s the Deal” CD-release party, Metro, Chicago, Apr. 29, 2000 (Photo by Mike Rosley).

MCB gets a lift at a Cornell University frat party (April 2000).

“Here’s the Deal” CD-release party, Metro, Chicago, Apr. 29, 2000 (Photo by Mike Rosley).