Jacque Harper

@jacqueh.bsky.social

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Bassist, founder of the Chicago Bass Ensemble. jacqueharper.bandcamp.com Https://www.chicagobassensemble.com Was on the now-infamous social platform as ChicagoBassEns.

A photo of an ice vending machine at a gas station. Above the word “ice” the word “resist” has been added in a font resembling the other text. The word “resist” is embellished with graphics to look as if it has snow accumulating on the letters. Stylistically the added word blends with the original graphics so that this will be easy to overlook.

A screenshot from the New York Times showing Donald Trump waving and the headline “Trump Undergoes a Physical Exam at Walter Reed”

A juvenile rabbit sitting in a lawn under a fern.

Double bass headstock in foreground at left while setup of the stage with guitars, drums, microphones goes on in the background.

Crowd of people gathered in a park

Runners lined up for alongside Lake Michigan and McCormick Place convention center waiting for the run to begin.

In the style of a selfie. Foreground: headstock of a double bass. Midfield: chairs and stands set up for on orchestra rehearsal. Background: grand piano, lid open.

Foreground left, a double bass headstock. Background, musicians milling around on stage as chairs and stands are moved to new locations.

Protesters marching through the streets of Chicago’s loop, between tall buildings under gray sky with snow falling.

An almond croissant on a white plate and a latté with elegant art in the foam in a white porcelain cup, on a black tabletop.

A clear glass on a wooden countertop, viewed from three-quarters above. In the glass is the foam remaining after drinking an entire cafe latté; the heart-shaped white foam on the background of tan foam is still visible.

Selfie-style photo with bass headstock in foreground and orchestra musicians in background. All in street clothes because this is just a rehearsal.

In the foreground the headstock of a double bass, in the background members of a small orchestra with the colorful stained glass windows of Second Presbyterian church in the far background.

A poster announcing Singalong Messiah at Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago. Line art style illustration of two angels playing trumpets facing each other. An elaborate floral-like border surrounds the angels and text describing the place, time and soloists. The colors of the image are red (for the border and most of the text) and green (for the angles and some of the text). Text: Singalong Messiah. Tony Krempa, Conductor; Michael Shawgo, organ; Sherry Watkins, Sadie Cheslak, Dominic Reyes & Vince Wallace, soloists; Free admission December 7, 3:30pm; Reception following; Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago.

Headstock of an upright bass in the left foreground, musicians with various instruments in the orchestra pit in the background.

“Selfie”-style image of a double bass scroll in the foreground and a stage full of chairs, stands and musicians (a symphony orchestra) crowded onstage in the background.

Screen capture from a NYTimes article reading “On Ukraine and Gaza Trump Casts Himself as an Outsider, if He Can’t Be a Pracemaker”

Sign held up in a crowd, reading “Mainstream Media Democracy is Dying. Stop saying we’re WOKE, we are worried you are ASLEEP”

Crowd preparing to march; signs and flags protesting the Trump regime and ICE

Bass scroll in foreground as people fill in the pews of a Gothic style church

Please do not complete any deal with Elon Musk, Twitter, “X” . . . Musk is actively working to invade the private lives of individuals, and to destroy the hard-fought safeguards for American citizens against fraud.

Working with Musk signals to him that everything he is doing is just fine with you, and it should not be. Trust in your products is built upon trust in financial institutions in general, and if Musk destroys that trust, it will affect you as well.

Thank you for considering my request.

“Selfie” with a double bass headstock in the left foreground and a small orchestra in the center, against a backdrop of stained glass in many colors.

Closeup photo of the maple fingerboard of a Fender jazz bass showing the new frets, black fingerboard binding and square position markers of ‘71 or ‘72 instrument.

A three-panel window, in a red brick and white-mortared building, with three flags hung vertically, displaying the logos of American football teams the Chicago Bears in one window, the Buffalo Bills in the center and a team I don’t know (maybe Denver?) in the third.

The album cover art for "Children's Stories" a recording by the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. An image of a front stoop of an apartment building, children standing at the top step of a short flight of stairs, another walking up the stairs; a child in a polka dot dress pushing a toy stroller and a boy chasing a ball are on the sidewalk. A mother and child watch from a window. There is a tree in the foreground. Text on the image gives the title of the album. This image is itself superimposed atop images from the recording session of the album: the conductor giving a cue, violin and cello players focusing on their music. At the bottom of the image, logos of the places where the album can be purchased are shown on a black banner, as well as a QR code.

Dimly, in the foreground corner, a double bass scroll. Main part of the photo, a band and orchestra onstage with moody lighting and smoke effects.

Projected image of Ella Fitzgerald on screen above musicians rehearsing onstage at Logan Center in Chicago; partial view of double bass scroll at left foreground.

Double bass scroll in the foreground, orchestra musicians seated in a rehearsal room

The scene onstage: musicians in white-jacket formal attire, music stands, music. In the foreground corner the headstock of a double bass, as if this were a selfie taken by the bass.