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Ethan Hawke As “Chet Baker”
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
This seems to be the season for a new round of films based, more or less, on the lives of jazz trumpet players. See the October 11 Rifftides post about Don Cheadle as Miles Davis. The latest entry in the category is Born To Be Blue, which was screened yesterday and today in special presentations at the Toronto Film Festival. Ethan Hawke plays Chet Baker or—as Variety’s Andrew Barker writes in his review: “a character who happens to share a ...
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Miles on Monday: First reviews of Miles Ahead
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With the debut this past weekend of Don Cheadle's film Miles Ahead at the New York Film Festival, this week's Miles Davis news is full of items about the long-awaited movie. On the eve of the Festival, New York Times film critic A.O. Scott thought Miles Ahead could be an Oscar contender, writing, “Anyone who wants to get a jump on possible Oscar nominees for 2017—as I said, it’s never too soon!—should check out “Miles Ahead”... Blending musical biopic standards ...
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"Vinyl" - A New Series About The 70's Record Industry Is Coming To HBO [VIDEO]
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BBC Doc: Easy Listening
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Easy-listening music is difficult to quantify today. As I wrote in a Wall Street Journal essay not long ago (go here), the genre began as mood music in 1945, when an attempt was made by record companies to ease the stress of post-World War II America with instrumental music designed to change moods. In the 1950s, mood music flourished as the LP format went to 12 inches, followed by hi-fidelity and stereo by decade's end. Mood music became easy listening ...
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Weekend Extra: A Film About Chuck Israels
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Following his five years as the bassist in the Bill Evans Trio, Chuck Israels worked with a variety of leaders, among them J.J. Johnson, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock and Hampton Hawes. His repertory orchestra, The National Jazz Ensemble, and his writing for the Metropole Orchestra disclosed his range and depth as an arranger. He moved to Portland, Oregon in 2010 after nearly a quarter of a century of teaching music at the university level. It wasn’t long before Israels organized ...
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Universal Music Wants To Be A Film Studio Too
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One upside of declining revenue from the sale of recorded music has been record execs finally rethinking their assets in search of creative ways to make money. The world's largest music group, Universal, is now hoping that film will be one of its major revenue boosters. Universal Music is getting into the film business. Two music centered documentaries—Montage of Heck,” about Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Amy (read review) about singer Amy Winehouse—mark the company's formal entry into film. It makes ...
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Miles on Monday: Miles Ahead to close New York Film Festival, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week in Miles Davis news: Miles Ahead, the film about Davis directed by and starring Don Cheadle, finally has a US premiere date. The movie will be shown on Sunday, October 11 in New York City as part of the closing night of the New York Film Festival, though Cheadle still is seeking a distributor for a wider release. The Newport Jazz Festival this coming weekend will include a number of events and performances celebrating the 60th anniversary of ...
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