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Roy Hargrove, Gloria Lynne, Sonny Rollins, and "Jazz for Obama" Featured in New Jazz It Up! Episode
New York, NY - The second episode of season 2 of Jazz it Up! is now available! To subscribe and see a five-minute preview of the new episode: Jazz it Up! Each episode of Jazz it Up! features two main artists; each performs two songs. This edition features ensembles led by trumpeter Roy Hargrove and vocalist ...
Oscar Short Sparks Controversy
The collision of entertainment, media and pop culture. If youre a documentarian, you know that while its a great honor to make the academys short-list for best documentary short, its almost impossible to get anyone in the media to write about your movie, since theyre almost totally obsessed with handicapping the ups and downs of the ...
Extinction-Level Television Event
IM a runt of Generation X, which means 1) Im supposed to define myself entirely through ironic references to pop culture, and 2) as a member of the last generation to come of age in an era of only three TV networks, I assume everyone will understand when I drop a quote from Scooby-Doo or The ...
Doors Documentary Revisits 'Strange' Days
As first tipped here in May, the Doors documentary “When You're Strange" will premiere Jan. 17 at the Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Tom DiCillo, “Strange" utilizes a wealth of previously unseen footage to chart the band's beginnings at UCLA's film school through to frontman Jim Morrison's mysterious death in 1971. Describing the movie ...
Steven Spielberg's Nod to Big Bands in 1941
Happy Birthday to Steven Spielberg No director or producer has ever put together a more popular body of work. That's why the movies we're now seeing are made in his image. Steven Spielberg born December 18, 1946, first films were made at a time when directors were the most important people in Hollywood, and ...
The Jazz Video Guy Live at the Village Vanguard
"I finally got a chance to shoot at the Vanguard!" the Jazz Video Guy happily exclaimed. As part of his ongoing mission to keep Jazz from becoming invisible, Bret Primack has posted the latest installment of his Jazz Video Guy Blog, “Joe Lovano: In The Music," which features the saxman's new group, Us Five, live at ...
How the Munchkins Came to Sing
“We slowed down 'D-i-n-g-d-o-n-g-t-h-e-w-i-t-c-h-i-s-d-e-a d. I had all these so-called Ken Darby singers there, (adult professional singers) and when we played them back at ninety feet per minute, it was what you hear in the picture. According to vocal director Ken Darby. How the Munchkins Sang Now as to the ...
Nick Longo Band Performs on Good Day Atlanta!
On Tuesday December 16, 2008 between 8:15 and 8:45am, Nick's band will perform and promote his CD (This Is) on FOX's Good Day Atlanta! The Atlanta-native musician Nick Longo (sax, vocals) has continued to have one of the most energetic and talented bands that exist today featuring an extensive song selection that exhibits an infusion of ...
Hollywood Steps Out
Near the end of his tenure at Warner Bros., Fred “Tex" Avery upped the ante on the Hollywood cameo picture with Hollywood Steps Out in 1941. Practically the entire picture is set to a conga beat, and even the spotlights arcing over the streets of Hollywood get into the act as the fun begins on the ...
The Roots will serve as house band for Jimmy Fallon
The Roots will serve as the house band on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," which premieres March 2 on NBC. Fallon made the announcement yesterday (Dec. 8) on the show's newly launched Web site. Fallon is taking over “Late Night" for Conan O'Brien, who is in turn taking over “The Tonight Show" from Jay Leno. The ...
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