TV / Film News

Mickey Hart Talks Space Sounds on History Channel 10/27

Source: JamBase
October 22, 2009

Mickey Hart Discusses Sounds From Space “The Universe: Pulsars & Quasars" Scheduled to air on THE HISTORY CHANNEL Tuesday, October 27 at 09:00 P.M.

Mickey Hart During The Dead's Spring Tour, Mickey Hart debuted the “UNIVERSE OF SOUND." Each night of the Tour Hart connected audiences with the universe's most celestial vibrations from the Big Bang to the rings of Saturn to the Black Hole. Hart said, “The idea was to take our audience on a ...

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Icons Among Us Accepted to AFI Fest 2009!

Source: Michael Ricci
October 21, 2009

Paradigm Studio is proud to announce that Icons Among Us has been accepted to AFI Fest 2009! The feature film documentary, directed by Michael Rivoira, Lars Larson, and Peter J. Vogt, will screen on Opening Night, Friday October 30, as the late film at approximately 10 pm. On behalf of all the members of the filmmaking team, Paradigm Studio would like to thank everyone for their support during the past seven-plus years of building this tribute to and exploration of ...

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Johnny Mercer Honored in TCM Special Executive-Produced by Clint Eastwood

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2009

Turner Classic Movies to Celebrate Legendary Singer-Songwriter Johnny Mercer as Clint Eastwood Presents JOHNNY MERCER: THE DREAM'S ON ME

In-Depth, Music-Filled Portrait of Mercer to Premiere in November, Commemorating 100th Anniversary of His Birth

“Hooray for Hollywood"; “Jeepers Creepers"; “That Old Black Magic"; “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"; “Skylark"; “Blues in the Night"; “Moon River"; “The Days of Wine and Roses." Some of the most beloved songs of the 20th century came from the pen of a ...

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'Up in the Air': One of the Year's Best Use of an Original Song in a Film

Source: Michael Ricci
October 9, 2009

The trailer for George Clooney's upcoming “Up in the Air" starts flashily enough, with the opening swagger of Iggy Pop's “The Passenger." But the film is more quiet and subtle, and builds with more grace than the scraggly, trailer-ready guitar notes let on. Stick with the clip, and one can hear a glimpse of the film's musical centerpiece -- an original tune from heretofore unknown artist Sad Brad Smith. The song, “Help Yourself," arrives as Clooney's Ryan Bingham is making ...

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Free Movie Nights with "Lady Day," "The Duke," and Charlie "Bird" Parker!

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2009

Make Tuesday the new Friday and join the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center for the first “Scenes Through the Cinema Lens" on October 20 at 7:30!

An original retrospective focusing on the performing arts in film, this years series will highlight several of the great performers from the Lost Jazz Shrines and rarely seen footage of celebrated jazz legends.

Big Bands on Film Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30PM, FREE

Some of the best jazz orchestras filmed at their ...

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Composer Marvin Hamlisch Writes Score for Steven Soderbergh's 'Informant!'

Source: Michael Ricci
September 27, 2009

In Steven Soderbergh's new offbeat film The Informant!, a rather incongruously sappy and dramatic piece of music plays during the opening credits while images of tape recorders, notebooks and assorted surveillance equipment appear on screen. The jaunty tune seems to promise romance, mystery and intrigue and brings to mind the vintage film scores of composer Marvin Hamlisch.

That's because it is Hamlisch. Composing a feature film score for the first time since working on Barbra Streisand's 1996 film, “The Mirror ...

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New Jazz It Up! Episode Features: Kenny Garrett, Take 6, Hank Jones and Gene Bertoncini, Vintage Bill Evans and Jazzmobile 45th Anniversary Celebration

Source: Michael Ricci
September 25, 2009

New York, NY – Saxophonist Kenny Garrett and vocal group Take 6 headline as the featured artists of the latest episode of Jazz it Up! Garrett’s blistering alto sax fronts a high octane ensemble at the Iridium club, while Take 6 offers intense renditions of cuts from Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. During the second of their two featured numbers, members of Take 6 explain why they finally released a straight-ahead jazz recording, and Garrett discusses his current stage of ...

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World Premiere! The Legend of Toilet-Seat Charlie at the Mill Valley Film Festival

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2009

The Legend of Toilet-Seat Charlie will screen at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival. The short film profiles the late Charlie Deal, Mill Valley's own rock n roll dreamer and inventor of the toilet-seat guitar.

Friday, October 16th, 5:00 pm Rafael Theater 1118 Fourth Street (Between A & B) San Rafael, CA 94901

Saturday, October 17th, 5:30 pm 142 Throckmorton Theater 142 Throckmorton Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941 ...

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