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New Short Film "Trane and Miles" Celebrates Jazz Music Legends
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Michael Ricci
Take a journey to 1959 and walk the miles with two of the most iconic jazz musicians of all time, men whose work became the soundtrack of an era. Writer-director Scott Essman of Visionary Cinema captures the brilliant, untold story of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, starring Ricco Ross as Coltrane and Travis Hinson as Davis. Their impact came at the outset of significant changes in all things America. Los Angeles, CA — Visionary Cinema presents the new short film ...
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Stanley Clarke Pens Music Score For This Weekend’s Hit Movie, The Best Man Holiday
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Diane Hadley
Film Composer and legendary jazzman, Stanley Clarke, has scored more that 65 film and television scores in his career. The newest addition to his film scoring credits is the hit Universal film The Best Man Holiday. Immediately jumping to #2 in film revenues for its opening weekend, the film was directed by Malcolm E. Lee and released nationally November 15. The Best Man Holiday is a sequel to 1999 hit The Best Man, which was also directed by Malcolm E. ...
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Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The year was 1988. Most people were still buying LPs though CDs were starting to eat up more and more space in record stores. Jazz sections were fairly thin on older records from the '50s. Most record companies were struggling to make money by issuing new releases, and CD catalogues were thin. Though the analog-to-digital conversion process hadn't kicked into high gear yet, CDs clearly were the future. Into the digital dawn came Let's Get Lost—a black-and-white documentary on Chet ...
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Just a Bit Outside: A Response to Rolling Stone's Baseball Movie Survey
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Jazz (Jazzers Jazzing) by Carl L. Hager
Now that the 2013 baseball season is over, what is left for baseball fans is the Hot Stove League: four months of arguments about who will win/should have won the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards, the December free agent signings, and some light betting on whether Alex Rodriguez will be mugged for his wallet by a pair of hookers, or killed in his sleep by a squad of black-hooded Yankee teammates. So in the interests of having ...
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A Behind The Scenes Look At Billy Taylor's JazzMobile!
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Patricia DeArcy
We are pleased to announce that Patricia DeArcy, Director of the documentary “The Harlem Cultural Council,” a behind the scenes look at the formation of Billy Taylor's JazzMobile as well as other Harlem Cultural Council endeavors like the DanceMobile, is in post production and taking a giant leap forward producing a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.com. After interviewing key members of the founding branch of the Harlem Cultural Council like jazz pianist Billy Taylor, Barbara Ann Teer, Ademola Olegubefola, Woody King ...
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Icons Among Us: Jazz In The Present Tense, Filmbuff And The Angel City Jazz Festival Announce The Hulu Release Of The Four-Part Series Broadcast
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All About Jazz
The trans-media platformʼs digital release will coincide with four theatrical screenings at The Angel City Jazz Festival on Oct. 6, 12 & 13. Also, featured at the festivalʼs technology panel will be a preview of the Icons Among Us: Online Digital Archive Los Angeles, CA: ICONS AMONG US: JAZZ IN THE PRESENT TENSE, the critically acclaimed feature film and four-part worldwide television series will present three event based episode screenings at the 2013 Angel City Jazz Festival, co-presented by The ...
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US Gov't Says Music Depreciates 3x Faster Than Movies
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HypeBot
By Jay Frank (@Repojay), Owner and CEO of DigSin. How fast does music depreciate? Try three times as fast as movies. This isn't quantified by me just making a random statement. This is actually what the US government is saying. Now, before we get to the “huff-and-puff" part that the internet likes to flame over, let's talk about the positive. Starting on July 31st, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis will be restating and recalculating how they come up with ...
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