TV / Film News

Jazz Animation

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2008

Early Pixar

I caught a presentation by Pixar director Gary Rydstrom at the Chicago Film Festival. Rydstrom was giving the first public screening of his new short Lifted, and he opened the show with 4 early Pixar shorts: Luxo Jr., Red's Dream, Knick Knack and Tin Toy (all of which were sound designed by Rydstrom). These films were all new to me, and I was surprised to discover that the first two films, Luxo Jr. and Red's Dream, feature jazz ...

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Yoko Ono Fighting for Lennon Video Copyright

Source: All About Jazz
May 5, 2008

They are rare, intimate images of John Lennon just before the breakup of the Beatles: He's hunched over a piano writing songs, smoking pot, joking about putting LSD in President Nixon's tea. Almost four decades after the footage was shot at Lennon's estate in England, his widow is in court, fighting to keep the images private. World Wide Video LLC, a Lawrence, Mass.-based company, claims it owns the 10 hours of raw footage, but Yoko Ono claims she is the ...

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Winehouse's James Bond Theme Shelved

Source: All About Jazz
May 5, 2008

Work on a possible James Bond film theme has been abandoned because singer Amy Winehouse is not ready to make music, producer Mark Ronson has said. Winehouse's producer Ronson added that their work on other new music had not been finished either. “Unless by some miracle of science it gets recorded and someone sings a vocal," the song would not materialise. Winehouse's spokesman said the decision was taken because the artist had “other ideas" about how the song should be ...

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Jazz Sessions: The Greats on Camera at Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville NY

Source: All About Jazz
May 1, 2008

Thursday nights from May 29 to June 19, the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) in Pleasantville NY will be screening films that capture some of Jazz's biggest names on camera. Q&As hosted by Grammy Award-winning bassist Todd Coolman. Coolman is head of Jazz Studies at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College and has performed or recorded with a who's who of jazz artists. This series has been made possible by an anonymous donor. In memory of Bernie Sivin. Thurs. ...

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Jazz Score: An International Retrospective of over 50 Films is Being Presented at MoMA April 16th Through September 15, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 22, 2008

Music soundtracks have long been a part of movie magic, but the use of contemporary jazz, which started in the 1950s, changed the medium. “Jazz Score," an international retrospective of over 50 films is being presented at MoMA April 16th through September 15, 2008. Before the 1950s, jazz was mainly used as incidental music. In the postwar period, where the old studio systems were starting to crack and filmmakers were ready for something new, jazz became a key component. In ...

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Gemini Soul "Sound Stage Performance" Airs on Jazzcult TV Show Friday April 25th @ 6 PM - Cable Channel 29 (Jazz/Funk Fusion)

Source: All About Jazz
April 21, 2008

Gemini Soul “Sound Stage Performance" To Air On Jazzcult TV Show (Cable Channel 29 San Francisco) Friday - April 25th @ 6 PM Jazzcult TV Show w/ host Linda Lam Cable Channel 29 San Francisco, CA accessf.org * Check artist website for additional information at geminisoul.net Gemini Soul's “Sound Stage Performance" will air on San Francisco's Channel 29 Jazzcult TV program w/ host Linda Lam Friday ...

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Columbiana, Oh Composer Jim Couchenour Scores Four Consecutive Songs on the Weather Channel

Source: All About Jazz
April 17, 2008

Columbiana Ohio native Jim Couchenour who began 2008 by having two of his compositions air nationally on The Weather Channel's famed “Local on The 8's" with Ohio based Jazz Fusionists SounDoctrine, can now hang two additional songs on his belt. The Weather Channel began airing “Crystal Snow" from Jim's most recent album 'Quiet Canvas,' (released Dec 07) early this month and will be adding the track “New Mercies" from his debut 'Living Colour ' (released May 2005) to their rotation ...

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Share the 2007 NEA Jazz Masters Special on Your Website or Blog

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2008

Show and share this invaluable content with their visitors during Jazz Appreciation Month (April).

Dear Jazz Friends:

We'd like to thank all the web publishers and bloggers who have signed up to show the LEGENDS OF JAZZ Presents the 2007 NEA Jazz Masters hour-long video on their website. To view a trailer of this amazing show visit legendsofjazz.net. (Note: turn the site audio off prior to viewing the trailer)

Some top websites in the jazz community have joined the cause ...

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