Results for "TV / Film"

Doc: The Jazz Queens

September 10, 2015

Universal Music Wants To Be A Film Studio Too

August 5, 2015

One upside of declining revenue from the sale of recorded music has been record execs finally rethinking their assets in search of creative ways to make money.  The world's largest music group, Universal, is now hoping that film will be one of its major revenue boosters. Universal Music is getting into the film business.  Two music ...

Miles on Monday: Miles Ahead to close New York Film Festival, and more

July 28, 2015

This week in Miles Davis news: Miles Ahead, the film about Davis directed by and starring Don Cheadle, finally has a US premiere date. The movie will be shown on Sunday, October 11 in New York City as part of the closing night of the New York Film Festival, though Cheadle still is seeking a distributor ...

Stephen Colbert Picks Jon Batiste as "Late Show" Bandleader

June 5, 2015

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem's Artistic Director-at Large, Jon Batiste, has been announced as the bandleader for CBS' “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." All of us at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem send congratulations to our Artistic Director at Large Jon Batiste on becoming musical director for the new Stephen Colbert Show. It's ...

The Frank Strazzeri Film

April 29, 2015

Thanks to Rifftides reader Marla Kleman for sending an alert to the posting of a film about one of the late pianist Frank Strazzeri’s loveliest albums. Strazzeri died last year at about this time. He was 84. The album was his Woodwinds West with saxophonists Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper and Jack Nimitz, bassist Dave Stone and ...

"Marcus," The Film About Marcus Miller

April 21, 2015

In the documentary film Marcus, Patrick Savey gives us a unique view into this legendary bassist’s world, capturing his New York roots in Jamaica, Queens and following his path as he meets masters of jazz like Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorius, David Sanborn, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau and Miles Davis. The film is a fantastic visual and ...

Virtual Reality Concerts: Music TV Network REVOLT Partners With Jaunt

March 24, 2015

Virtual reality is the hyped to be the breakthrough technology of 2015. Now, TV network REVOLT has partnered with hardware and software company Jaunt to bring the VR experience to concerts. REVOLT SVP of sales and partnerships, Mike Roche, announced at SXSW Music a first-in-class music partnership with Jaunt, the company building the hardware and software ...

Former RCA, MTV Execs Near Launch Of CÜR Music Streaming Service

February 17, 2015

Yes, yet another streaming music service is nearing launch. Led by former top executives at MTV and RCA,  CÜR Music promises a “next generation" and “immersive" music experience. CÜR Media announced today that it has entered into a digital content streaming agreement with MediaNet to licence 22 million tracks from all the major and 80,000 indie labels. Led ...

New Biopic Documentary On Mary Lou Williams Features Carmen Lundy

February 11, 2015

Critically-acclaimed vocalist, songwriter, producer and musician Carmen Lundy will be featured in the upcoming biopic documentary about Jazz Great Mary Lou Williams, The Lady Who Swings The Band, directed by filmmaker Carol Bash which premiered at The Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles February 6th. In addition to speaking on film, Carmen also performs the ...

Chet Baker: Italian Movies

February 5, 2015

Italy was an ideal setting for Chet Baker's romantic trumpet in 1959. When he arrived in Europe that year and began touring, Italy's art and passion held a special charm and allure for him. He had been to Rome briefly in 1958, comfortably getting his hooks into fans for cash, meals and narcotics. A second, longer ...