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Jazz Film Uncovers Washington, D.C. Jazz Treasures
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The Phillips Agency
Stefan Immler has taken Washington’s love for jazz to new heights with his seminal documentary Oxygen for the Ears: Living Jazz. This full-length documentary, which took the German-born jazz lover more than three years to make, reveals many surprising new facts about jazz in the nation’s capital. Immler’s film will be the opener for the Third Annual Reel Independent Film Extravaganza (RIFE), October 12 at West End Cinema in Georgetown in Washington, D.C. The film tells the story of jazz ...
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JazzDoc: History of Reggae
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Reggae's development in Jamaica has much in common with the rise of post-war jazz, and it parallels the surge of R&B in the U.S. Under British rule until 1962, Jamaicans in the '50s were increasingly conscious of American music when large sound systems and turntables became a staple of social gatherings. In the years before Jamaica's famed record studios were in place, dance disc jockeys relied on laborers to bring singles home from the States after they finished working on ...
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Film Screening: Cuban Popular Music On Film: 1929-1960s at Nuyorican Poets Cafe (NYC)
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Richard Blondet
CUBAN POPULAR MUSIC ON FILM: 1929-1960s Views from Cuba, Mexico and The United States A film presentation from the Henry Medina Archives A sixty minute film presentation of rare and unusual Cuban music footage from Son, Rumba & Afro Cuban Jazz from 1929 to 1960's, followed by a discussion with host and audience. This film presentation covers rarely seen footage produced in Cuba, Mexico and the United States. This is a short film examination presence of the African diaspora traditions ...
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7 More Jazzy Movie Trailers
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On July 20, I posted 10 movie trailers with a jazz kick. That post, of course, prompted suggestions from readers. [Pictured above: Film noir mainstay Cleo Moore] Here are seven more—plus a line from each trailer to juice the action: The Rebel Set (1959), courtesy of Jim Harrod of Jazz Research. The film takes place “in the hidden corners of the city, where the rebel set stokes the fires of its rebellion against respectable society." As Jim notes, that's Roy ...
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Welcome To Nutville, A Buddy Rich Documentary Fundraiser
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Brian Morgan
Cathy Rich, Brian Morgan and Alex Kluft have teamed up to bring you; Welcome to Nutville a journey into the life and after life of Buddy Rich. Who was Buddy Rich might you ask? He was arguably the greatest drummer in the existence of this planet. He started playing drums at the mere age of 18 months, was the 2nd highest paid child at the age of 3, known as “Traps the Drum Wonder." Buddy Rich was even in The ...
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'Detropia' Explores Detroit's Musical Legacy and Industries as the City Crumbles
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Chris M. Slawecki
Detropia is a film about Detroit — a city everybody knows. With its vivid, painterly palette and haunting score, the film plays like poetry in motion as it sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the brink of dissolution. It's by two phenomenal female filmmakers: Oscar nominated Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp, Freakonomics). Detropia is a cinematic tapestry that chronicles the lives of several Detroiters trying to survive and make sense of what is happening ...
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"Finding Carlton" Film Screening at Brampton Jazz Festival on August 11th
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Susheel Kurien
FREE SCREENING - TORONTO AREA Finding Carlton - Uncovering the Story of Jazz in India, is a highly acclaimed new documentary film that is engaging audiences all over the world. Finding Carlton will screen on August 11 in the Jazz n Film series at the Brampton Global Jazz and Blues Festival. This will be the first screening of this Film in Canada. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film maker. Finding Carlton is a true labor ...
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10 Great Jazz Movie Trailers
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I was in a bit of noir mood yesterday. So I reached back to a few great jazz films. People say jazz never really had a big impact on our society at large, that it was always a cult folk form. I beg to differ. Here are 10 movie trailers or openers with powerful jazz scores. I also threw in a catchphrase line from the promos... Young Man With a Horn (1950)—"Music! The kind you can't write. The kind ya ...
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