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New 'Jazz, Period.' Film Takes a Stirring Look at Musical Mentorship and Loss
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Randy Cole
Montreal filmmaker Randy Cole adds another unique film to his growing public collection of short films on Jazz, with 'Pops,' a touching look at the bond between father and son musicians. Respected Montreal trumpeter Kevin Dean tells the story of his ballad 'Pops,' which he composed for his father in Mason City Iowa. Dean wrote the song at the request of his father, and practiced it with the elder Dean, just months before his father's sudden passing. Montreal's best musicians ...
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YouTube Now Broadcasting Frank Gambale TV Worldwide
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Josh Vittek
GRAMMY winning guitar virtuoso Frank Gambale announced today the Frank Gambale TV Channel on YouTube. Flattered by the amount of user generated content already on Youtube, Frank is heeding the call to communicate directly with his fans in a new, more intimate way. With over 30 years of material under his belt, there is a huge archive of footage he is now inspired to share; much of it never seen before including behind the scenes, candid material and instructional content. ...
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MMW: Fly in a Bottle Doc
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JamBase
MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD TO RELEASE THE FILM, FLY IN A BOTTLE, ON DVD OCTOBER 25 Taking a look into the minds and lives of Medeski Martin & Wood, drummer/ percussionist, Billy Martin, directed the first feature film in the band's history titled, Fly in a Bottle. Working through a yearlong period of personal 16mm film and HD camcorder footage of MMW on the road and in the studio during the Radiolarians recordings, the film provides an extremely intimate portrait ...
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Film Project Amplifies Loss and Hope in Death of Jazz Great, Husband Brecker
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Groove Notes
The documentary More to Live For screens at the Gig Harbor Film Festival this Saturday. People from the Pacific Northwest will finally get an opportunity to view the story of three men affected by Leukemia seeking out a bone marrow transplant, including the late tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker. In anticipation of the screening, I spoke with Susan Brecker, Michael Brecker's widow and the producer of the film by phone. In this interview, Susan told me what the film was all ...
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Singer Jules Day Resists American Idol's Effect
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Jules Day
American Idol's unintended effect on the public is felt at nearly every performance, according to up-and-coming Los Angeles-based singer Jules Day. “There are at least a few people at every gig that insist on trying to mold me into an American Idol-type singer with their after-the-show suggestions. They feel they've been given the green light now to be Simon Cowell. I do appreciate their good intent, but I'm not that type of singer. I don't belt out or sing power ...
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DocuClub NY Screens "Finding Carlton"
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Susheel Kurien
Our October DocuClub will take place on Tuesday, October 4, 7 p.m., at DCTV, located at 87 Lafayette (at Walker). This month, we will screen a rough cut of Finding Carlton by Susheel Kurien. The film tells the story of a bygone age of jazz in India through the moving portrait of one of its last survivors, the bebop guitarist Carlton Kitto. Weaving verite scenes of Carlton's life struggles with archival material and poignant encounters with other artists, the film ...
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October Music Programming Block on Smithsonian Channel
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JamBase
MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION OF MUSIC CONTINUES WITH MUST-SEE PETER GABRIEL AND HIP-HOP DOCS This October, Smithsonian Channel rocks out with Inside The Music, a series of new specials that tell stories about the people and sounds whose influence can be heard the world over. The music continues October 9 with The Real World of Peter Gabriel and October 21 Hip Hop: The Furious Force of Rhymes, a look at the global influence of rap music. The hour-long The Real World of ...
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Reagle Theatre Presents Irving Berlin's Say It with Music on October 1-2
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
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