TV / Film News

Jazz Film Double Feature, Oct 5: FREE

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2005

New York, NY: Wednesday, October 5 at 7:00 PM: Jazz Films/Double Feature – presenting Shepherd of the Night Flock and The Last of the First, with guest musicians appearing in the films, moderated by Greg Thomas, Producer of “Harlem Speaks” at The Jazz Museum of Harlem (free) A Sacred Music Concert, in Tribute to the People and Culture of New Orleans will be held at Saint Peter's Church (619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, NYC) on Tuesday, October 3 at ...

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Freddy Cole Documentary to Premiere at Westwood Int'l Fim Festival - Los Angeles

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2005

I am very happy to announce that I will have two films screening at the 2005 Westwood International Film Festival which will run September 30 - October 14th at the Majestic Crest Theatre in Los Angeles. The festival will host the world premiere of “The Cole Nobody Knows,” my recently completed documentary on musician Freddy Cole, the virtually unknown, yet equally talented younger brother of Nat “King” Cole. At age 73, with his current recording topping the jazz charts, Mr. ...

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Highlights of the 9th annual JJA Jazz Awards BETJazz

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2005

September 14, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Yesterday BETJazz broadcast for the first time the 60-minute highlights of the 9th annual JJA Jazz Awards (sm) gala at B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill on June 14 2005 -- featuring program host Joe Piscipo, Jazz Awards host Robert Wisdom, music by Nnenna Frelon, ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Competition winners Bob Reynolds, Sy Johnson's 75th birthday octet and Jack DeJohnette, plus jazz and JJA celebs including Dr. Billy Taylor, Clark ...

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PBS 'Legends of Jazz' Weekly Series to Start in January 2006

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2005

PBS Presents Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis The First Jazz Series on Network Television in 40 Years!

Six New Episodes Completed, Seven More to be Taped This Fall, Weekly Series to Start in January 2006

LRSmedia and WTTW National Productions just completed final 5.1 surround mix sessions at The Creative Group in New York City for six new episodes of the new PBS series Legends of Jazz, the first jazz series airing on network television in over ...

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BET Jazz Programming Highlights for September 2005

Source: All About Jazz
August 24, 2005

BET Jazz: The 24-Hour Jazz Channel kicks off its fall season with new programs that will showcase the best in jazz programming. The must-see highlights include the world premiere of the documentary Discovering Monk And Trane One Night At Carnegie Hall, a one-on-one with Wynton Marsalis: Live At The House Of Tribes, a musical tribute to Billie Holiday with Nnenna Freelon: Blueprint of a Lady, the best of the 2005 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards, and it's 80 candles for ...

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Dianne Reeves Stars in New Movie By George Clooney, Good Night, And Good Luck

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2005

DIANNE REEVES STARS AND PERFORMS IN “GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK” - DIRECTED BY GEORGE CLOONEY MOVIE SOUNDTRACK, FEATURING THE THREE-TIME GRAMMY®-WINNING JAZZ VOCALIST, IN STORES SEPTEMBER 27 Good Night, And Good Luck. follows the legendary Edward R. Murrow (David Straithairn) during the broadcaster’s on-air confrontations with Senator Joseph McCarthy. Murrow, the then host of the CBS series, See It Now, exposed the infamous politician’s deceit, bullying, and manipulation in one of history’s most courageous moments of journalism, ...

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Last Chance to See Marsalis, Cosby, Angelou in BET Jazz Documentary

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2005

BET JAZZ Presents SOUNDS OF HARLEM: A SALUTE TO MUSIC Harlem’s musical history chronicled in television special June 24, 2005 (Harlem, USA) – Celebrating June as Black Music Month, BET Jazz is broadcasting Sounds of Harlem -- a salute to the musical legacy of New York’s culturally rich community of Harlem -- for the last time on SUNDAY JUNE 26 at 11 a.m., 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. Premiered on BET Jazz on June 12, Sounds of Harlem is a ...

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Legends Of Jazz Premieres on PBS June 16!

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2005

First Jazz Series on Network Television in 40 Years! National PBS Series Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis Launches With One-Hour Special on June 16 Thirteen New Episodes to Air In January LRSmedia and WTTW National Productions just completed production on six new episodes of Legends of Jazz, hosted by GRAMMY Award-winning composer/pianist Ramsey Lewis. The series will debut nationally on PBS on June 16 with an hour-long special entitled The Jazz Masters and features five ...

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