Around Midnight Sees Light of Day Warner's DVD Release
Warner Home Video releases four jazz-oriented films this week. Bird (1988) tells the story of jazz pioneer Charlie “Bird" Parker and helped establish future Oscar-winners Clint Eastwood as a director and Forest Whitaker as an actor.
Pete Kelly's Blues (1953) stars Jack Webb (Dragnet) as a Kansas City cornet player who fights the mob. Blues in the Night (1941) features a Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer score and more drama about musicians and mobsters. Round Midnight (1986), French director Bertrand Tavernier's love letter to '50s jazz, stars real-life tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon.
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