12 January 2023 – Blue Note Records has announced the upcoming 2023 line-up for the Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series. The acclaimed series is produced by the “Tone Poet” Joe Harley and features all-analog, 180g audiophile vinyl reissues that are mastered from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray of Cohearent Audio. Tone Poet vinyl is manufactured at Rti in Camarillo, California, and packaged in deluxe gatefold tip-on jackets. The titles were once again handpicked by Harley and include acknowledged treasures of the Blue Note catalog as well as underrated classics, modern era standouts, and albums from other labels under the Blue Note umbrella including Pacific Jazz.
Newly announced titles begin March 3 with the release of two under-recognized albums that are available for pre-order now on the Blue Note Store. Pianist Andrew Hill’s excellent 1968 session Dance With Death featured his singular compositions performed by a versatile quintet with trumpeter Charles Tolliver, saxophonist Joe Farrell,...
Newly announced titles begin March 3 with the release of two under-recognized albums that are available for pre-order now on the Blue Note Store. Pianist Andrew Hill’s excellent 1968 session Dance With Death featured his singular compositions performed by a versatile quintet with trumpeter Charles Tolliver, saxophonist Joe Farrell,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Rebecca Miller almost didn’t include herself in her latest film, the documentary “Arthur Miller: Writer,” despite the fact that it’s about her own father.
Luckily, as she told the audience in a Q&A after a Sunday matinée at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series, she realized that the personal film, which is constructed in part using footage of interviews she conducted with the famous playwright in the ’90s, wouldn’t be complete without her presence.
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“That was really hard, finding how much of myself [to include],” she said. “At first I tried to have nothing of myself. I wanted to be as much out-of-the-way as possible, but then I realized that wasn’t really honest because, after all, I was there. Pretending the whole thing was more neutral felt fake.
Luckily, as she told the audience in a Q&A after a Sunday matinée at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series, she realized that the personal film, which is constructed in part using footage of interviews she conducted with the famous playwright in the ’90s, wouldn’t be complete without her presence.
Read More:How ‘I Called Him Morgan’ Helped Trumpeter Lee Morgan’s Friends Find Peace With His Tragic Death
“That was really hard, finding how much of myself [to include],” she said. “At first I tried to have nothing of myself. I wanted to be as much out-of-the-way as possible, but then I realized that wasn’t really honest because, after all, I was there. Pretending the whole thing was more neutral felt fake.
- 11/29/2017
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
Mystery has always swirled around jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, who rocketed to renown as a teenager. How could one so young be so good? And there's the puzzle of his death, at age 33, at the hands of a woman who loved him. Stories of Morgan's spectacular gifts and shocking end have long circulated among jazz aficionados, but the tale gets a fuller telling in I Called Him Morgan, directed by Swedish filmmaker Kasper Collin, one of the best-reviewed documentaries of the…...
- 11/28/2017
- Deadline
It’s still impossible to know just how many lives were claimed in the decades-long Guatemalan Civil War, but the documentary “Finding Oscar” tells the story of two that were spared — and have been able to help gain justice for the citizens who were brutally murdered in a previously forgotten massacre.
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After a screening of the film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series, filmmaker Ryan Suffern and producer Frank Marshall explained how their movie came to be.
Without giving away too much — you can watch the saga play out onscreen as a team of dedicated professionals (including a forensic anthropologist and a young prosecutor) attempt to find two young survivors of a brutal assault on a small Guatemalan town that saw government soldiers round up and murder the entire populace — Marshall explained...
Read More:‘Long Strange Trip’ Director Explains the Four-Hour Running Time: Deadheads Always Want More
After a screening of the film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series, filmmaker Ryan Suffern and producer Frank Marshall explained how their movie came to be.
Without giving away too much — you can watch the saga play out onscreen as a team of dedicated professionals (including a forensic anthropologist and a young prosecutor) attempt to find two young survivors of a brutal assault on a small Guatemalan town that saw government soldiers round up and murder the entire populace — Marshall explained...
- 11/1/2017
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
The Oklahoma City bombing occurred more than 20 years ago, but it remains the worst act of domestic terrorism in America. The documentary “Oklahoma City” traces the interactions between law enforcement and fringe groups in Ruby Ridge and Waco that led to Timothy McVeigh’s deadly bombing.
After a screening of the PBS American Experience film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series, director Barak Goodman and producer Emily Singer Chapman said in a Q&A that there is a very clear line between the anti-government white-supremacist groups living off the grid in the ’90s and the alt-right movement today.
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“Some of the leaders of Charlottesville were the very same people who were involved in the white-supremacist movement back then — they’ve just traded in their camouflage for chinos and polo shirts, but it...
After a screening of the PBS American Experience film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series, director Barak Goodman and producer Emily Singer Chapman said in a Q&A that there is a very clear line between the anti-government white-supremacist groups living off the grid in the ’90s and the alt-right movement today.
Read More:‘City of Ghosts’ Director Matthew Heineman Explains How to Fight Isis Without Bombs
“Some of the leaders of Charlottesville were the very same people who were involved in the white-supremacist movement back then — they’ve just traded in their camouflage for chinos and polo shirts, but it...
- 10/27/2017
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
Leave it to a Grateful Dead documentary to run for four hours. And leave it to Grateful Dead fans to want even more.
“Only Deadheads — you show them a four-hour film and they’re like, ‘What else is there?,'” Amir Bar-Lev told IndieWire Editor at Large Anne Thompson during an intermission Q&A of “Long Strange Trip.”
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The theatrical version of the film, which is available to watch on Amazon as a six-hour miniseries, played as part of the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series in Los Angeles.
Bar-Lev and Thompson discussed their Deadhead pasts, celebrity cameos, and the decade-long journey it took for his film to come to fruition.
“The band doesn’t seek out publicity and also has got a healthy mistrust of something that’s going to define them,...
“Only Deadheads — you show them a four-hour film and they’re like, ‘What else is there?,'” Amir Bar-Lev told IndieWire Editor at Large Anne Thompson during an intermission Q&A of “Long Strange Trip.”
Read More:How ‘I Called Him Morgan’ Helped Trumpeter Lee Morgan’s Friends Find Peace With His Tragic Death
The theatrical version of the film, which is available to watch on Amazon as a six-hour miniseries, played as part of the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series in Los Angeles.
Bar-Lev and Thompson discussed their Deadhead pasts, celebrity cameos, and the decade-long journey it took for his film to come to fruition.
“The band doesn’t seek out publicity and also has got a healthy mistrust of something that’s going to define them,...
- 10/26/2017
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
Jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot and killed at a jazz club in 1972 at just 33 years old — by his wife, Helen Morgan. Kasper Collin brings the trumpet prodigy to life in the documentary “I Called Him Morgan,” telling the story of his career and his tragic death through interviews with Helen recorded by a jazz DJ one month before her own death in 1996, as well as Morgan’s jazz peers.
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After a screening at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series, saxophonist Bennie Maupin, who appears in the documentary, reflected on his friend’s life and death, as well as what the effect it had on the jazz community.
“He was his own worst enemy, but he was a brilliant person,” Mapuin said. “He was...
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After a screening at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series, saxophonist Bennie Maupin, who appears in the documentary, reflected on his friend’s life and death, as well as what the effect it had on the jazz community.
“He was his own worst enemy, but he was a brilliant person,” Mapuin said. “He was...
- 10/18/2017
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
Ryan Coogler's "Creed" topped the NAACP Image Awards nomination which were revealed this morning. "Creed" received nods for best picture, director for Coogler, actor for Michael B. Jordan, writing for Coogler and Aaron Covington, and supporting actress noms for both Phylicia Rashad and Tessa Thompson.
We'll find out the winners on February 5 on the live airing of the ceremony on TV one.
Here is the full list of nominees of the 47th NAACP Image Awards:
Entertainer Of The Year
Michael B. Jordan
Misty Copeland
Pharrell Williams
Shonda Rhimes
Viola Davis
Television
Outstanding Comedy Series
.black-ish. (ABC)
.House of Lies. (Showtime)
.Key & Peele. (Comedy Central)
.Orange is the New Black. (Netflix)
.Survivor.s Remorse. (Starz)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher . .Brooklyn Nine-Nine. (Fox)
Anthony Anderson . .black-ish. (ABC)
Don Cheadle . .House of Lies. (Showtime)
Dwayne Johnson . .Ballers. (HBO)
RonReaco Lee . .Survivor.s Remorse. (Starz)
Outstanding Actress...
We'll find out the winners on February 5 on the live airing of the ceremony on TV one.
Here is the full list of nominees of the 47th NAACP Image Awards:
Entertainer Of The Year
Michael B. Jordan
Misty Copeland
Pharrell Williams
Shonda Rhimes
Viola Davis
Television
Outstanding Comedy Series
.black-ish. (ABC)
.House of Lies. (Showtime)
.Key & Peele. (Comedy Central)
.Orange is the New Black. (Netflix)
.Survivor.s Remorse. (Starz)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher . .Brooklyn Nine-Nine. (Fox)
Anthony Anderson . .black-ish. (ABC)
Don Cheadle . .House of Lies. (Showtime)
Dwayne Johnson . .Ballers. (HBO)
RonReaco Lee . .Survivor.s Remorse. (Starz)
Outstanding Actress...
- 12/8/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Ever since Rolling Stone Brian Jones stumbled through Morocco in a hash haze, only to come upon the Master Musicians of Jajouka in a small village in 1968, there's been an interconnectedness between Western rock stars and Eastern mysticism. From the Beatles and the Beach Boys holed up in Rishikesh with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to the Beastie Boys making a "Bodhisattva Vow" and raising consciousness about Tibet, there's been a quest for enlightenment amid the flash of rock stardom, a search for ancient roots deep inside of modern music.
But when...
But when...
- 12/1/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Sweden’s national broadcaster is lining up a host of docs that could garner international appeal.
Svt, Sweden’s national broadcaster, has documentary slots that would be the envy of many other countries.
The K Special arts and culture prime-time documentary strand alone has 52 slots per year. There are a further 40 music-related documentaries shown on the channel each year.
Emelie Persson, who has worked at Svt for the past 17 years, and as commissioning editor for Svt for the past six years, has worked on releasing films including Oscar-winner Searching For Sugarman, local hit A Thousand Pieces, as well as An Honest Liar and Pixadores.
“As a public service channel, you have to give audiences something else other than entertainment shows,” Persson told ScreenDaily.
Of the 52 K Special projects per year, around six or seven each year are in-house productions, while another 15 tend to be Swedish productions or co-productions, with the rest international acquisition (usually pre-buys).
Searching For Sugarman...
Svt, Sweden’s national broadcaster, has documentary slots that would be the envy of many other countries.
The K Special arts and culture prime-time documentary strand alone has 52 slots per year. There are a further 40 music-related documentaries shown on the channel each year.
Emelie Persson, who has worked at Svt for the past 17 years, and as commissioning editor for Svt for the past six years, has worked on releasing films including Oscar-winner Searching For Sugarman, local hit A Thousand Pieces, as well as An Honest Liar and Pixadores.
“As a public service channel, you have to give audiences something else other than entertainment shows,” Persson told ScreenDaily.
Of the 52 K Special projects per year, around six or seven each year are in-house productions, while another 15 tend to be Swedish productions or co-productions, with the rest international acquisition (usually pre-buys).
Searching For Sugarman...
- 8/19/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Former EastEnders actor Sam Strike will guest star in an upcoming episode of Silent Witness.
Strike played Johnny Carter in the BBC One soap for a year, leaving the role in December 2014.
His Spotlight page includes the casting, revealing that the actor will take on the role of David Hamilton in the crime drama. No other details about the part have been revealed, while his episode is likely to air in the new series next year.
Confirming the news on Twitter, Strike's management team revealed that he will begin filming scenes next week.
Great job @SamStrike Filming next week on #SilentWitness @BBCOne #RoleDavidHamilton, Huge thank you @AndyBCasting pic.twitter.com/mwl27dTvbL
— Lee Morgan (@leemorgan_mgnt) April 14, 2015
The 18th series of Silent Witness concluded in February, and was followed by confirmation that new episodes would air in 2016.
Since quitting the BBC One soap, Strike has gone on to land the...
Strike played Johnny Carter in the BBC One soap for a year, leaving the role in December 2014.
His Spotlight page includes the casting, revealing that the actor will take on the role of David Hamilton in the crime drama. No other details about the part have been revealed, while his episode is likely to air in the new series next year.
Confirming the news on Twitter, Strike's management team revealed that he will begin filming scenes next week.
Great job @SamStrike Filming next week on #SilentWitness @BBCOne #RoleDavidHamilton, Huge thank you @AndyBCasting pic.twitter.com/mwl27dTvbL
— Lee Morgan (@leemorgan_mgnt) April 14, 2015
The 18th series of Silent Witness concluded in February, and was followed by confirmation that new episodes would air in 2016.
Since quitting the BBC One soap, Strike has gone on to land the...
- 4/14/2015
- Digital Spy
Former EastEnders star Sam Strike has landed the lead part in a Us film, his manager has revealed.
The actor bowed out from his soap role as Johnny Carter late last year in order to pursue other career opportunities.
Strike and his manager Lee Morgan both hinted on Twitter last week that he had been offered a big new project. Morgan has today (March 9) elaborated further, confirming that the job is a major film role which will be announced in due course.
What day to remember, well done @SamStrike exciting news to follow....
— Lee Morgan (@leemorgan_mgnt) March 3, 2015
Started at the gym yesterday in prep for a cheeky new roll id love to tell you about.But can't.I'm Aching.Forgot what its like to exercise .
— Sam Strike (@SamStrike) March 6, 2015
Many questions sent on my last tweet @SamStrike - he has been offered the lead role in a very big Us film,...
The actor bowed out from his soap role as Johnny Carter late last year in order to pursue other career opportunities.
Strike and his manager Lee Morgan both hinted on Twitter last week that he had been offered a big new project. Morgan has today (March 9) elaborated further, confirming that the job is a major film role which will be announced in due course.
What day to remember, well done @SamStrike exciting news to follow....
— Lee Morgan (@leemorgan_mgnt) March 3, 2015
Started at the gym yesterday in prep for a cheeky new roll id love to tell you about.But can't.I'm Aching.Forgot what its like to exercise .
— Sam Strike (@SamStrike) March 6, 2015
Many questions sent on my last tweet @SamStrike - he has been offered the lead role in a very big Us film,...
- 3/9/2015
- Digital Spy
Writing a weekly column can be a funny thing at times, especially when you wait until the last moment to do it. Not only does it irritate your editor but the blamed thing can morph from its original topic. Such as this week. I started with one topic and then found two others that I wanted to comment on as well. I think I’ve found a connection within all three; let’s see if I can make it without stretching too much. Wish me luck.
We’ll start with the death of Leonard Nimoy, a.k.a. the original Mr. Spock in Star Trek. He was 83 and died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Spock was an iconic character not only on Trek or in science fiction but around the world. “Live long and prosper” was his signature phrase and his cool, logical, and scientific manner created an army of fans,...
We’ll start with the death of Leonard Nimoy, a.k.a. the original Mr. Spock in Star Trek. He was 83 and died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Spock was an iconic character not only on Trek or in science fiction but around the world. “Live long and prosper” was his signature phrase and his cool, logical, and scientific manner created an army of fans,...
- 3/1/2015
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
Let us play the “Name Game”, shall we? Since we all are part of the experience here at the entertainment website known as Sound on Sight maybe we should pay homage to our online destination by celebrating it in an unconventional manner? Specifically, we can recognize Sound on Sight by acknowledging movie names that contain the words “sound” and “sight” in their titles.
However you may perceive this experimentation as being rather gimmicky and silly please realize that this movie column is also a means to recognize a few movie titles that are unfamiliar or perhaps a first-time discovery to some of you out there that never heard some of these cinematic selections. There may be a couple of well-known films in the bunch but collectively the features being mentioned in Sound on Sight: Top 10 Random “Sound” and “Sight” Movie Titles are aptly presented based on the theme at hand.
However you may perceive this experimentation as being rather gimmicky and silly please realize that this movie column is also a means to recognize a few movie titles that are unfamiliar or perhaps a first-time discovery to some of you out there that never heard some of these cinematic selections. There may be a couple of well-known films in the bunch but collectively the features being mentioned in Sound on Sight: Top 10 Random “Sound” and “Sight” Movie Titles are aptly presented based on the theme at hand.
- 7/14/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Sex Mob: Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti: Sex Mob Plays Fellini: The Music of Nino Rota (Royal Potato Family)
Call me crazy, but I feel a connection between Rota's themes for Fellini's films and the melodic styles of Albert Ayler and Ornette Coleman. Granted, what each did once past their respective themes became wildly different, with Rota never abandoning harmony, Ornette twisting it in new directions, and Ayler abandoning it altogether, but before that happens, their themes share an effulgent earthiness and overflowing humanity. And who better to bring out the jazz side of that earthy humanity than the great recontextualizer Steve Bernstein and his longstanding quartet with Briggan Krauss (alto and baritone saxes), Tony Scherr (electric bass), and Kenny Wollesen (drums, gongs, log drum, waterphone, vibraphone).
Bernstein's slide trumpet in particular has the microtonal relationship with pitch that Ayler and Coleman each cherished to varying degrees, including a wide...
Call me crazy, but I feel a connection between Rota's themes for Fellini's films and the melodic styles of Albert Ayler and Ornette Coleman. Granted, what each did once past their respective themes became wildly different, with Rota never abandoning harmony, Ornette twisting it in new directions, and Ayler abandoning it altogether, but before that happens, their themes share an effulgent earthiness and overflowing humanity. And who better to bring out the jazz side of that earthy humanity than the great recontextualizer Steve Bernstein and his longstanding quartet with Briggan Krauss (alto and baritone saxes), Tony Scherr (electric bass), and Kenny Wollesen (drums, gongs, log drum, waterphone, vibraphone).
Bernstein's slide trumpet in particular has the microtonal relationship with pitch that Ayler and Coleman each cherished to varying degrees, including a wide...
- 7/2/2013
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Joe Henderson always had the respect of fellow musicians and hardcore jazz fanatics, but for a long time it seemed the closest he'd get to fame was his brief stint in Blood, Sweat & Tears (years later he reminisced, in one of my favorite interviews, about how that short period was when sax companies wanted his endorsement and gave him free horns). Hardly fair considering that he spent a quarter century ranked among the top three tenor saxophonists alive, along with Rollins and Shorter. Then, almost miraculously, Verve put together a masterful production/promotion campaign that made him more famous in his last decade than he'd ever been before. Alas, emphysema took him at age 64, but he'd managed to leave an impressive legacy with nary a misstep -- he never made a bad album, and his appearance on anyone else's album was always a mark of quality. (Why is Ptah, the...
- 4/24/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
In the wake of the smash success and pop culture phenomenon of AMC's "Mad Men," other networks have been scrambling to develop their own period based dramas. ABC and NBC each tried with "Pan Am" and "The Playboy Club" respectively and failed, with both shows already canceled. But Starz has faith in their late '50s soaked "Magic City," chronicling the glitzy highlife (and lowlife) of Miami of the era. And with show already renewed for a second season, they are looking to stick around for a while.
With show now a couple of episodes in, Starz is not waiting to get the alternate revenue streams rolling as the soundtrack for the series is already on the way. And it's pretty solid. Boasting eleven tunes, it's steeped in the era with blues cuts from Bo Diddley and Johnny Otis, jazz from Lee Morgan, soul from Ray Charles and pop radio...
With show now a couple of episodes in, Starz is not waiting to get the alternate revenue streams rolling as the soundtrack for the series is already on the way. And it's pretty solid. Boasting eleven tunes, it's steeped in the era with blues cuts from Bo Diddley and Johnny Otis, jazz from Lee Morgan, soul from Ray Charles and pop radio...
- 4/16/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Cepia Cepia is the electro-ambient brainchild of Minneapolis-based bassist/songwriter and sound engineer Huntley Miller. Founded in the early aughts, Cepia = a marriage of music, rhythmic-math, and specter-effect emotion. Collaborations include Dosh, Suki Takahashi, and J.T. Bates. With nearly a score of remixes and CDs to collect, get lost in "Pearl," from the 2006 release Pearl. Buy: Amazon.com Genre: Electronic Artist: Cepia Song: Pearl Album: Pearl Hank Mobley Tenor sax master Hank Mobley was born in 1930 in southern Georgia and raised in northern New Jersey. Early professional landmarks include performances with legendary drummer Max Roach and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Mobley was in at the founding of the Jazz Messengers and went on to lead a variety of hard-bop units and cut over two dozen albums. Collaborations include Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Duke Jordan, Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly, Freddie Hubbard, and Rudy Van Gelder. Mobley passed in 1986....
- 11/20/2009
- by Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin
- Huffington Post
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