This oil painting is a vibrant and soulful depiction of the recording artist - Sonny Fortune. Sonny is playing the saxophone dressed in a white shirt and a tan hat, emitting a sense of coolness and confidence. His posture and the way he holds his instrument capture a moment of deep musical engagement and expression, seemingly lost in the world of his own melody.

Behind him, a city skyline at night stretches across the canvas, the buildings painted in dark, silhouette-like shades that contrast strikingly with the colorful sky above. The sky itself is a dreamscape of swirling blues, purples, and reds, evoking the emotional and often improvisational nature of jazz music. The colors flow and merge like sound waves or musical notes drifting through the air.

Most striking is the large, almost ghostly blue portrait of the legendary John Coltrane in the night sky, looking down over the musician and city. Coltrane symbolizes as a legendary jazz musician, a muse, or the spirit of jazz itself, is watching over and inspiring the living artist below. The use of the cosmic and night sky symbolism ties the earthly act of music-making to something timeless and universal, emphasizing jazz as not