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Del McCoury Band and Pres. Hall Jazz Band on Letterman
PERFORM “I'LL FLY AWAY" LIVE ON LETTERMAN; JOINT ALBUM AMERICAN LEGACIES OUT NOW Bluegrass legends The Del McCoury Band and New Orleans music giants Preservation Hall Jazz Band recently joined forces for the album American Legacies. Television viewers got the chance to witness this merging with a live performance of “I'll Fly Away" on The Late ...
Crescendo "Jazz, the Voice of America" To be released winter of 2012
Crescendo Productions LLC with the cooperation of Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc. has announced the release date for Crescendo the story of the creation and continuing evolution of jazz. Experienced through the lives of the musicians who live and breathe it, Crescendo takes us fully into the making of this most original form of musical expression. ...
Big Notes Films Releases "Nobody's Human" with Jerry Bergonzi
Nobody's Human captures four jazz musicians collaborating in studio to create this fascinating video, featuring the music of Jerry Bergonzi. Shot at Creation Studios in Minneapolis. Produced by Bradford Thompson of Big Notes Films, and world-renowned bassist, Billy Peterson (Ben Sidran, Steve Miller Band). Tenor saxophonist, Jerry Bergonzi, is an internationally recognized jazz performer, composer, author ...
Big Notes Films Releases DVD: "We’ll Be White Black" with Jerry Bergonzi, Billy Peterson, Joe Pulice & Bill Carrothers
Big Notes Films Releases DVD: “We'll Be White Black" with Jerry Bergonzi, Billy Peterson, Joe Pulice & Bill Carrothers Big Notes Films, a film production company owned and operated by Bradford Thompson, is pleased to announce the release of the DVD We'll Be White Black, filmed live at The Dakota Restaurant & Jazz Club in Minneapolis. ...
HBO's "Treme" Kept Music a Centerpiece in Season 2
Season 2 of the HBO television series Treme just came to a close, and was renewed for a third season. While one might say that an ongoing theme in Season 1 was immediate recovery and adjustment for the city of New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina, and Season 2 examined issues with violence and corruption a ...
Playboy "Jazz On Film" Night Set for June 8th
Acclaimed jazz archivist Mark Cantor will return to host the Playboy Jazz Festival's annual “Jazz on Film" night, Wednesday June 8th at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held again this year in cooperation with Ebony Repertory Theatre at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center (NHPAC) on Washington Boulevard. Admission is free, although tickets are required. ...
Weekend Extra: Young Ella on Film
In what may have been her motion picture debut, here is Ella Fizgerald at 25 in the 1942 Abbott and Costello comedy Ride 'Em Cowboy. With her in the sequence are the Merry Macs singing and the Lindy Hoppers lindy-hopping. This was at about the time she had stopped fronting the Chick Webb band and moved ...
The Lennon Bus Premieres Digital Wish Tree Project on IFC
INSPIRED BY YOKO ONO'S WISH TREE AT THE BETSY HOTEL The Lennon Bus, in association with Avid, The Betsy Hotel, and the SAE Institute, has premiered the Digital Wish Tree Project on IFC.com. Filmed over three days in Miami and produced in Avid Media Composer, the piece is inspired by Yoko Ono's Wish Tree at the ...
Filmic Features during Jazz Week from Jazz Boston at Boston Public Library and Regent Theatre in Arlington
Jazz Week always includes a few events given to film finds and this year is not about to be an exception. “In My Mind" is an acclaimed documentary about rising jazz pianist Jason Moran's 50th anniversary tribute to Thelonious Monk's historic 1959 Town Hall Concert in New York City. The 97-minute film had its Boston premiere ...
Tribeca Drive-In Tomorrow: "When the Drum is Beating"
WHEN THE DRUM IS BEATING will be featured at the Tribeca Drive-In tomorrow night where a sneak preview of the film will be shown and Haiti's beloved national band the Orchestre Septentrional give a free live concert at the World Financial Center Plaza in Battery Park City. The 20-member band Septentrional has been making music for ...
