Christopher Bonnier Pitts
Chris Pitts (aka CBP) lived and played in Detroit for many years and performed with a variety of lineups, including his own Christopher Pitts EMX, featuring Regina Carter and Danny Spencer. He also played with Dizzy Gillespie and J.C. Heard, among other jazz luminaries.
Top photo: CBP performing on tenor sax with the great Marcus Belgrave on trumpet, and at right, Pete Kahn on alto. Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival, 1990.
Remaining photos: Capp Street rehearsals (San Francisco), Pyramid Stage dressing room photo (with pain-in-the-ass photographer), and at bottom, Christopher Pitts EMX at the Pyramid Stage, Detroit.
Photos Copyright © John Kelin
