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Crescendo "Jazz, the Voice of America" To be released winter of 2012

Source: Mike DiGiovanni
July 20, 2011

Crescendo Productions LLC with the cooperation of Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc. has announced the release date for Crescendo the story of the creation and continuing evolution of jazz. Experienced through the lives of the musicians who live and breathe it, Crescendo takes us fully into the making of this most original form of musical expression. The film follows jazz legend Wynton Marsalis and his band, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Using a biographical style of filmmaking, Crescendo delves into ...

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Big Notes Films Releases "Nobody's Human" with Jerry Bergonzi

Source: Nicole Thompson
July 11, 2011

Nobody's Human captures four jazz musicians collaborating in studio to create this fascinating video, featuring the music of Jerry Bergonzi. Shot at Creation Studios in Minneapolis. Produced by Bradford Thompson of Big Notes Films, and world-renowned bassist, Billy Peterson (Ben Sidran, Steve Miller Band). Tenor saxophonist, Jerry Bergonzi, is an internationally recognized jazz performer, composer, author and educator. His music is renowned for its innovation, mastery, and integrity. Bergonzi's music has been applauded throughout the world at festivals, concert halls, ...

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Big Notes Films Releases DVD: "We’ll Be White Black" with Jerry Bergonzi, Billy Peterson, Joe Pulice & Bill Carrothers

Source: Nicole Thompson
July 11, 2011

Big Notes Films Releases DVD: “We'll Be White Black" with Jerry Bergonzi, Billy Peterson, Joe Pulice & Bill Carrothers Big Notes Films, a film production company owned and operated by Bradford Thompson, is pleased to announce the release of the DVD We'll Be White Black, filmed live at The Dakota Restaurant & Jazz Club in Minneapolis. It was a collaborative project with Billy Peterson (former bassist, The Steve Miller Band) as Music Producer, and Bradford Thompson as Director/Producer. Tenor saxophonist, ...

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HBO's "Treme" Kept Music a Centerpiece in Season 2

Source: Groove Notes
July 10, 2011

Season 2 of the HBO television series Treme just came to a close, and was renewed for a third season. While one might say that an ongoing theme in Season 1 was immediate recovery and adjustment for the city of New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina, and Season 2 examined issues with violence and corruption a year later, music remained a vibrant focal point throughout. Far from simply offering an enjoyable soundtrack, Season 2 of Treme shows the overwhelming importance ...

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Playboy "Jazz On Film" Night Set for June 8th

Source: Nina Gordon Public Relations
June 7, 2011

Acclaimed jazz archivist Mark Cantor will return to host the Playboy Jazz Festival's annual “Jazz on Film" night, Wednesday June 8th at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held again this year in cooperation with Ebony Repertory Theatre at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center (NHPAC) on Washington Boulevard. Admission is free, although tickets are required. Tickets are available on a first come, first serve basis, beginning at noon on June 8th at the center's box office. There is a ...

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Weekend Extra: Young Ella on Film

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
May 16, 2011

In what may have been her motion picture debut, here is Ella Fizgerald at 25 in the 1942 Abbott and Costello comedy Ride 'Em Cowboy. With her in the sequence are the Merry Macs singing and the Lindy Hoppers lindy-hopping. This was at about the time she had stopped fronting the Chick Webb band and moved into a solo career. Fitzgerald's first professional ambition was to be a dancer. That's not her job here, but check out her moves as ...

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The Lennon Bus Premieres Digital Wish Tree Project on IFC

Source: JamBase
May 6, 2011

INSPIRED BY YOKO ONO'S WISH TREE AT THE BETSY HOTEL The Lennon Bus, in association with Avid, The Betsy Hotel, and the SAE Institute, has premiered the Digital Wish Tree Project on IFC.com. Filmed over three days in Miami and produced in Avid Media Composer, the piece is inspired by Yoko Ono's Wish Tree at the Betsy Hotel from April 28-May 1, 2011. The Wish Tree, which has been installed in museums and cultural centers around the world, invites the ...

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Filmic Features during Jazz Week from Jazz Boston at Boston Public Library and Regent Theatre in Arlington

Source: Chris Rich
May 2, 2011

Jazz Week always includes a few events given to film finds and this year is not about to be an exception. “In My Mind" is an acclaimed documentary about rising jazz pianist Jason Moran's 50th anniversary tribute to Thelonious Monk's historic 1959 Town Hall Concert in New York City. The 97-minute film had its Boston premiere at the 2010 Roxbury International Film Festival and is introduced by the festival's director, Lisa Simmons in a special 6pm screening at the Rabb ...

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