Jazz
RONNIE’S
Eloquent character study of legendary saxophonist/Jazz club owner Ronnie Scott. The world needs more inspired music club owners like Ronnie…
Cozy Cole’s Bossa Nova Utopia At Birdsall House In Peekskill
Art, Craft Beer, Culture, Current Affairs, Film Blog, Food and Drink, Guitar, Jazz, Music, Patreon, Peekskill
Cozy Cole. Cole Smithey. Peekskill. Cozy Cole Solo Bossa Nova Guitarist”
71 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DE CANNES — POSTER
Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Celebrity, Current Affairs, Directors, Fantasy, Film Blog, Film Criticism, Film Festivals, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Food and Drink, French Actresses, French Cinema, Hollywood, Italian Cinema, Jazz, Media, News, Poster
One of the many things I love about Cannes is the beautiful poster art the festival’s artists consistently come up…
LA LA LAND
Damien Chazelle wants to bring jazz back into America’s cultural conversation but he unintentionally cheapens the idea with saccharine sentimentality…
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: “A Night In Tunisia” – 1958
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: “A Night In Tunisia” – 1958
BORN TO BE BLUE
African American Cinema, Biopic, FOUR STARS, Independent Cinema, Jazz, Music, Reviews Blog, Video Essay
Forget about dueling super-heroes, “Born to be Blue” and “Miles Ahead” are the real McCoy to see phenomenally gifted men…
Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald – Duets in Hannover 1975
Happy New Year! Here’s my musical gift to my loyal readers. Ella comes in around the 27:30 mark. Here’s proof…
MILES AHEAD — NYFF53
Don Cheadle’s independently produced labor of love is an exquisitely polished love letter to the iconic genius who revolutionized music…
WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?
African American Cinema, Documentary, FIVE STARS, Jazz, Music, Reviews Blog, Video Essay, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema
here is a stout telling of the heartbreaking life of an enormously talented and ambitious black singer/songwriter/pianist (and civil rights…
Amy Winehouse Live at Virgin Megastore 2003
Amy Winehouse Live at Virgin Megastore 2003
AMY — CANNES 2015
Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Documentary, FOUR STARS, Jazz, Music, Video Essay, Women's Cinema
The must-see-documentary at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Asif Kapadia’s ambitious biography of Amy Winehouse is a devastating look at…
A Master Music Lesson: Oscar Peterson with Dick Cavett
A Master Music Lesson Oscar Peterson with Dick Cavett
WHIPLASH
Writer-director Damien Chazelle has made a powerhouse drama about the level of dedication it takes to be great at something.…
ANITA O’DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER
Anita O’Day’s lasting influence as a performer and jazz musician is revealed in a fearless documentary that displays O’Day’s famed…
COLE SMITHEY’S CLASSIC CINEMA
