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Johnny Mercer Honored in TCM Special Executive-Produced by Clint Eastwood
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All About Jazz
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
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Michael Ricci
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!
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All About Jazz
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!'
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Michael Ricci
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
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Michael Ricci
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
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All About Jazz
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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Ken Burns: What About Mingus?!
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Michael Ricci
Ken Burns: Was a backlash inevitable? His familiar style of documentary filmmaking has bred some contempt on the part of his critics, who can't wait for his new opus, 'The National Parks.'
The documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has a story he clearly loves to tell. He was walking in New York City a few years ago -- on a date -- when he heard a man he'd just passed yell violently back at him: “What about Mingus?!" Preceding the name ...
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PBS Documentary Latin Music USA in Time for Hispanic Heritage Month
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All About Jazz
PBS CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH A DOCUMENTARY RECOGNIZING THE LATINO CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN MUSIC The Latin Music USA Four-Part Documentary to Launch During Hispanic Heritage Month on October 12th and 19th
Did you know Salsa came from New York? That the Kingsmen's “Louie Louie" is a cha cha ch? How did rap meet reggae to make Reggaetn?
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, PBS will premiere Latin Music USA, a four-hour documentary series celebrating the Latin rhythms ...
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