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Van Morrison Rediscovers "Astral Weeks" in "To Be Born Again" Doc
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All About Jazz
What started as a few shows to revisit Van Morrisons 1968 classic Astral Weeks an album hed never previously performed live has blossomed into a much larger celebration of the LP.
First, Morrison turned a November 2008 performance in Los Angeles into the live film/album Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Now hes on a full-blown “Astral Weeks" tour that will run at least through this fall, and there are more related releases in the near future: Morrison is ...
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Making Movies the Old Way: On Film
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Michael Ricci
Digital video? No, thanks. 'Beeswax's' Andrew Bujalski and other indie directors shoot old school. 'I love how it feels on-screen,' he says.
At a time when many top-shelf Hollywood directors -- names such as Michael Mann, Steven Soderbergh, David Fincher and Francis Ford Coppola -- are proselytizing the advantages of shooting on high-definition digital video, a small, dedicated band of independent filmmakers is championing the seemingly outdated idea of actually shooting on film.
“Beeswax," which opens in L.A. on Friday ...
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New Jazz It Up! Episode Features: Cyrus Chestnut, Jon Gordon, First Lady Michelle Obama, Cannonball Adderley and Todd Barkan
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Michael Ricci
New York, NY -- The good news of jazz is the musical message of season 2, episode 7 of Jazz it Up! Pianist Cyrus Chestnut performs an uplifting jazz rendition of the gospel classic “We Fall Down, But We Get Up" (by Donnie McClurkin) outdoors in Harlem. The other featured artist is alto saxophonist Jon Gordon, who blows fire from his horn in Greenwich Village during a hip, backbeat jazz tune he arranged for nonet. In the second part of ...
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Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY Screen's and Discusses Woody Guthrie Documentary, "Ain't Got No Home"
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Michael Ricci
On Tuesday, July 14th, at Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York about a hundred ticket holders found residence in Peter Frumkin's biographical documentary on Woody Guthrie called “Ain't Got No Home." Opening the evening, which included a discussion from Mr. Frumkin and Guthrie's daughter Nora, Jacob Burn's program director, Brain Ackerman described the initiative of this forefather of American popular song. “He didn't just read the headlines, he found the battle lines of where things were happening and ...
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"Brownie Speaks" Documentary: Delaware Premiere on August 18th
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Michael Ricci
The Delaware Historical Society Presents The Delaware Premiere of Brownie Speaks August 18, 2009 at 6:00pm In celebration of the reopening of its newly renovated research library, the Delaware Historical Society will present a screening of Brownie Speaks, Don Glanden's feature length documentary about Clifford Brown, the legendary trumpeter from Wilmington. The event will take place on August 18 at the Delaware Historical Society Research Library, 505 Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. The evening ...
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Seeger and 'The Power of Song' Tonight's 'Great Performances' Special
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Michael Ricci
Pete Seeger has never paid attention to demographics or audience segments. His message has always been about inconclusiveness as a performer. And he's a performer in many senses of the word.
“A musician, singer, songwriter, folklorist, labor activist, environmentalist, peace advocate," listed Tim Robbins at the start of an all-star gathering at Madison Square Garden last May to celebrate Seeger's 90th birthday.
This celebration has been captured as a “Great Performances" special, and it's full of passion and ideals, nostalgia ...
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Vocalist Tamela D'Amico Takes On Television
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Michael Ricci
This past Sunday marked the world premiere of the television pilot “Sex Ed: The Series" which is part of the Independent Television Festival (itvfest.org). The pilot was created by Ernie Vecchione (executive producer/writer) and the multi-talented jazz artist Tamela D'Amico (producer/director). D'Amico produced the pilot under her production banner La Strega Entertainment. “Sex Ed: The Series" was shot with the support of Panavision in 11 days in Los Angeles and has a cast of talented notables: Joanna Cassidy ("Blade Runner", ...
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