TV / Film News

Billy Crystal PBS Special

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2007

This is a reminder that the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize honoring Billy Crystal will air on PBS Monday, November 12 at 9 PM (tonight!). Our band (David Berger & the Sultans of Swing) performed as the house band. This may be the swingingest awards show in decades--and also one of the funniest. Performing with us, besides Billy Crystal, were Robin Williams, Whoopie Goldberg, Danny DeVito, Rob Reiner, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Lovitz, Martin Short, Bob Costas, Barbara Walters and Robert ...

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Grupo Fantasma's Austin City Limits Airdate Set for Nov. 17th 2007!

Source: Learning Secrets
November 11, 2007

As Grupo Fantasma prepares for a busy fall packed with festival and club dates, the Latin collective received the exciting news confirming the airdate for their appearance on Season 33 of Austin City Limits, America's longest running televised concert series. “Every season, the show seems to keep reaching new heights," said Terry Lickona, longtime producer for ACL. “The talent line-up so far for Season 33 speaks volumes about the series' lasting appeal and integrity, and the fact that we're able ...

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"My Name is Albert Ayler" at Anthology Film Archives

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2007

U.S. THEATRICAL PREMIERE RUN! MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER Directed by Kasper Collin November 8 - 14

“One of the most starkly beautiful and moving documentaries ever made about a jazz musician." --Jazz Times (USA)

MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER (Sweden, 2005, 79 min) Anthology is pleased to present MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER, a new documentary about the prophetic free jazz saxophonist Ayler, who today is seen as one of the ...

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New John Sayles Movie "Honeydripper" Focuses on Blues of Deep South

Source: conqueroo
October 29, 2007

LOS ANGELES, CA - Honeydripper, the new film written, directed and edited by John Sayles and produced by Maggie Renzi, takes us back to the genesis of rock 'n' roll - namely '50s rural blues from the Deep South. The story depicts a second chance for an aging bluesman, a kickoff to a young guitar turk's career and the rise of rock 'n' roll itself.

Opening in theaters on December 28, 2007 in New York and Los Angeles, the movie ...

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"Chet Baker: Speedball" at the London Jazz Festival 2007

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2007

19-29 November 2007, 7.15pm Monday-Thursday 2 December 2007, 4.00pm Sunday 606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10 0QD Chet Baker: Speedball Directed by Nicholai La Barrie Written by Mark O'Thomas Composed by Andrea Vicari With Glenn Macnamara and Andy Davies Chet Baker: Speedball is an exploration, theatrically and musically, into the life of iconic jazz trumpeter and singer Chet Baker. Following sold-out performances at Oval House Theatre in ...

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Acclaimed Jazz Documentary Opens at the Cinema Village on December 7th, NYC on 2007

Source: Falco Ink.
October 3, 2007

“Magnificent and moving" -- Variety

The acclaimed jazz documentary 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris will open at the Cinema Village on December 7th, 2007.

Cinema Village 22 East 12th Street New York, NY 10003

By Subway - Take the N, R, 4, 5, 6 or L trains to 14th Street Union Square.

Synopisis 'Tis Autumn-The Search for Jackie Paris is director Raymond De Felitta's examination into the art and mysterious ...

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Jazzed Media to Produce Stan Kenton Documentary

Source: All About Jazz
October 1, 2007

Jazzed Media, a jazz record label and film production company, has started production of a documentary on jazz legend Stan Kenton entitled “Artisty in Rhythm".

Stan Kenton is acknowledged as one of the pioneers in developing contemporary big band jazz, with a career as bandleader starting in the 1940's and lasting through the late 1970's. Kenton was also responsibile for helping bring to fame many jazz stars including June Christy, Maynard Ferguson, and Lee Konitz. Many great arrangers wrote for ...

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Tony Bennett American Masters on PBS September 12th

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
September 6, 2007

THIRTEEN/WNET NEW YORK'S AMERICAN MASTERS CELEBRATES THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK AND ITS AMBASSADOR TO THE WORLD WITH TONY BENNETT: THE MUSIC NEVER ENDS, PREMIERING SEPTEMBER 12 ON PBS A Clint Eastwood Presentation Directed By Bruce Ricker Features Interviews With Alec Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Mel Brooks, Martin Scorsese, And Gay Talese Performances Of “Old Devil Moon," “Steppin' Out," “In A Mellow Tone," “I Got Rhythm," “The Best Is Yet To Come," “I Left My Heart In San Francisco"; And Classic Clips ...

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