Results for "TV / Film"

Levon Helm: PBS Ramble

July 29, 2009

Levon Helm - Ramble At The Ryman PBS Special To Air August 2009 Levon Helm On most Saturday nights since January 2004, Levon Helm has hosted evenings of music at the “barn," his home studio in Woodstock, New York. These magical nights are called The Midnight Ramble Sessions. On September 17, 2008, Helm took the Midnight ...

Billy Taylor: 88 Years...88 Keys...88 Videos

July 20, 2009

Dr. Billy Taylor, who turns eighty eight on July 24th, celebrates this milestone with the posting of eighty eight videos on his website, and a concert at William Patterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Dr. Taylor is the Artist-in-Residence at William Paterson University's Summer Jazz Week, performing with his Trio, featuring Chip Jackson on bass, and ...

Wilco and Feist on Letterman

July 16, 2009

Michael Jackson Pepsi Ad Footage Unearthed from 1984 Shoot

July 15, 2009

Looking back at Michael Jacksons incredible musical legacy, January 27th, 1984 stands out as one of the darkest days in the King of Pops life. In an incident thats often been discussed but never witnessed, Jackson suffered second and third degree burns to his face and scalp while shooting a Pepsi advertisement in front of thousands ...

Hollywood Ghost Town Land of Runaway Production

July 12, 2009

Small, blue-collar businesses that sustain California's entertainment industry -- prop houses, studio equipment shops -- fight for business as film production migrates to incentive-rich states. In an industrial yard behind Burbank's Bob Hope Airport, dozens of orange forklifts and 135-foot-high booms stand idle, gleaming in the afternoon sunlight. As recently as two years ago, the yard ...

Soul Power

July 9, 2009

The documentary focuses on the music festival 'Zaire 74' that was organized to go along with the Ali-Foreman 'Rumble in the Jungle.' Most everyone remembers “The Rumble in the Jungle," the 1974 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, but who remembers “Zaire 74," the music festival that was organized to ...

Baaba Maal Television: Teams up with Braz Girls

June 26, 2009

African Musical Genius Baaba Maal To Release New Album Television Baaba Maal Senegalese master-musician Baaba Maal will release his new multi-lingual album, Television, on September 15 (Palm Pictures), a groundbreaking successor to 2001's Missing You. Television is a collaboration primarily between Baaba Maal and singer Sabina Sciubba and keyboardist Didi Gutman, both members of New York's ...

Diana Krall Appears in Upcoming Michael Mann/Johnny Depp Picture "Public Enemies"

June 26, 2009

Diana Krall Dazzles With Summer Blockbusters: Cameo In Anticipated New Film Public Enemies,Quiet Nights Tour And Fundraiser With The President From the big screen to the White House, Diana Krall is everywhere this summer. Catch the GRAMMY-winning jazz musician in a cameo in the Michael Mann-directed film Public Enemies, singing “Bye Bye Blackbird", opening nationwide July ...

Who is the Six Million View Man?

June 24, 2009

“Don’t Give Up On Detroit” a portrait of Motown musical mentor Marcus Belgrave, is the latest offering from “Jazz Video Guy" Bret Primack, who has recently passed the six million views mark on his YouTube channel. Last month Bret was in Detroit to interview Belgrave for the video podcast series, “Ray Charles, Genius." Bret explains that ...

Bud Shank "Against the Tide" film on Jazzed Media Receives EMPixx Gold Award

June 13, 2009

The EMPixx Awards, a competition honoring excellence in the production of moving pixels, had honored Jazzed Media with a 2009 EmPixxAwards- Gold for the documentary film Bud Shank Against the Tide. The documentary film was produced and directed by multi-Grammy nominated and award winning filmmaker Graham Carter, founder of Jazzed Media. Jazzed Media produces jazz CDs ...