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#1
03-25-2011, 03:06 AM
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 Jazz movies Just a thread for making a census about jazz movies.
with famous jazz soundtracks : Bullit #1 ,ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows) #9, Anatomy of a Murder #8 close to jazz : Ray #15 Last edited by nado64 : 03-29-2011 at 04:11 AM.     |
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#2
03-25-2011, 03:30 AM
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| lush life-- Lush Life (TV 1993) - IMDb lady sings the blues kansas city (outstanding musicians playing other outstanding musicians)-- Kansas City (1996) - IMDb
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#3
03-25-2011, 04:01 AM
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| The Jazz Baroness *more of a documentary... but I am into documentaries.
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#4
03-25-2011, 04:26 AM
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| Sven Klang's Combo Sven Klang's Combo "Thought by many to be one of the best ever films about the jazz environment, this follows the travails of the members of an amateur dance band that for a moment becomes a jazz group when a real jazzman, saxophonist Lars Nilsson (Boustedt) joins them, bringing with him (the year is 1958) the tang of Charlie Parker. Slowly, however, the group retreats from the inspiring but fearful world Lars has introduced them to - here, for once, the clichéd association of drugs and jazz works well - leaving Lars listening to the music in his head but stumbling through life. Ultimately, the film holds to the romantic view of creativity, but its virtues lie in director Olsson's careful (often very funny) observation of its characters and their worlds." Also, one of the few films ever to acknowledge the "car spotting" phenomenon |
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#6
03-25-2011, 07:34 AM
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| "Minnie the Mooch" - Cab Calloway's and man did it stink!!! "Helz a Poppin'" - Featured Frankie Manning and Whitie's Lindy Hoppers. It's probably the best "talkie" that features lindy hopping from the 1930s. ~DB |
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#7
03-25-2011, 08:52 AM
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| "Jazz on a Summer's Day," a classic doc about the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
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#8
03-25-2011, 12:00 PM
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| "All Night Long" "Pete Kelly's Blues" Not about jazz, but great soundtrack by Duke Ellington, "Anatomy of a Murder." Brad
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#10
03-25-2011, 01:36 PM
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The Jazz Baroness - There's a book coming out in June: Amazon.com: Nica's Dream: The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness (9780393069402): David Kastin: Books I also prefer documentaries. Here's my favorite: Amazon.com: Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser: Thelonious Monk, Nica De Koenigswarter, Barry Harris, Bob Jones (IV), Johnny Griffin, Larry Gales, Nellie Monk, Teo Macero, Tommy Flanagan (II), Phil Woods, Frank Paccione, Thelonious Monk Jr., Harry Nica figures prominently in it. Two other favorites: Talmage Farlow Film Amazon.com: A Great Day in Harlem: Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Hinton, Marian McPartland, Art Blakey, Gerry Mulligan, Horace Silver, Quincy Jones, Sonny Rollins, Buck Clayton, Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, Steve Petropoulos, Jean Bach, Susan Peeh Both have great extras, in addition to the main documentaries.
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#11
03-25-2011, 01:40 PM
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#12
03-25-2011, 02:38 PM
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| Mo' Better Blues |
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#13
03-25-2011, 03:46 PM
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| others have ripped it on various grounds, but i liked it... Crazy - The Story of Hank Garland: Movie Synopsis
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#16
03-26-2011, 03:58 PM
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| I really like Ken Burns' Jazz documentary, though I understand a lot of jazzers don't. Of course I really enjoy his other films as well. I don't have a problem with (and actually enjoy) blatent sentimentality.  Whatever aspect of jazz he may arguably marginalize, he does put forward the premise that jazz is perhaps the most important thing America has ever produced. Great music and great stories. Definitely emphasizes early history. |
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#17
03-26-2011, 04:29 PM
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| If like your jazz alive and visceral, you might dig HBO's series Tremé. Not so much for you *bookish* types who take it in the auditorium rather than a club. Also, Robert Altman did a good one called, Kansas City |
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#18
03-26-2011, 05:57 PM
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if i recollect accurately, this movie tales the tale of how Monk let this woman go to prison for his marijuana. correct? |
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