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Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost
The year was 1988. Most people were still buying LPs though CDs were starting to eat up more and more space in record stores. Jazz sections were fairly thin on older records from the '50s. Most record companies were struggling to make money by issuing new releases, and CD catalogues were thin. Though the analog-to-digital conversion ...
Just a Bit Outside: A Response to Rolling Stone's Baseball Movie Survey
Now that the 2013 baseball season is over, what is left for baseball fans is the Hot Stove League: four months of arguments about who will win/should have won the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards, the December free agent signings, and some light betting on whether Alex Rodriguez will be mugged for his ...
A Behind The Scenes Look At Billy Taylor's JazzMobile!
We are pleased to announce that Patricia DeArcy, Director of the documentary “The Harlem Cultural Council,” a behind the scenes look at the formation of Billy Taylor's JazzMobile as well as other Harlem Cultural Council endeavors like the DanceMobile, is in post production and taking a giant leap forward producing a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.com. After ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz In The Present Tense, Filmbuff And The Angel City Jazz Festival Announce The Hulu Release Of The Four-Part Series Broadcast
The trans-media platformʼs digital release will coincide with four theatrical screenings at The Angel City Jazz Festival on Oct. 6, 12 & 13. Also, featured at the festivalʼs technology panel will be a preview of the Icons Among Us: Online Digital Archive Los Angeles, CA: ICONS AMONG US: JAZZ IN THE PRESENT TENSE, the critically acclaimed ...
Documentary: Bill Monroe
When you think of bluegrass music, you probably imagine guys with long beards in coveralls playing twanging guitars and banjos, a fiddle and upright bass. You may also assume that much of the music sounds alike. This documenary on Bill Monroe (1911-1996)—known as the “Father of Bluegrass"—will give you a finer sense of the music's beauty ...
US Gov't Says Music Depreciates 3x Faster Than Movies
By Jay Frank (@Repojay), Owner and CEO of DigSin. How fast does music depreciate? Try three times as fast as movies. This isn't quantified by me just making a random statement. This is actually what the US government is saying. Now, before we get to the “huff-and-puff" part that the internet likes to flame over, let's ...
Preservation Alliance-Produced Coltrane Documentary Screenings at International House on August 7
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia invites you to two free screenings of Coltrane's Philadelphia Coltrane’s Philadelphia explores John Coltrane's remarkable Philadelphia years and features captivating interviews including those with renowned saxophonist and Coltrane peer Odean Pope and The Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, and historic footage of Philadelphia illustrating the urban context in which Coltrane moved ...
JazzDoc: Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt's guitar yearned for a time that never really existed. Like all nostalgia acts, Reinhardt was able to seduce listeners weary of modernity and convinced that a better, simpler time existed long ago—before industrialization marginalized nature, space and leisure. In truth, of course, such times never really existed except in the imaginations of believers. But ...
"Downloaded": Documentary Reminds How Long Music Industry Has Been Split
The new documentary “Downloaded“ serves as a reminder that the current fight over the fairness of Pandora royalties is rooted in the revolution that Napster unleashed in 2001. In this clip from the film, which was released today on Amazonand other paid streaming services, Metallica's Lars Ulrich and the Byrds' Roger McGuinn testify before the Senate ...
Finding Carlton Screenings In Europe - June 2013
Finding Carlton continues to gather interest, both within the jazz community and with others. The film will have its first screenings in Europe in June. All screenings will include a post film discussion with the Director of the Film. Barcelona, CASA ASIA, June 11 Berlin, The TAGORE CENTER, June 13 Paris - MUSEE QUAI BRANLY - ...
