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Willem Breuker Kollektief – Hapsap

admin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:14:30 +0000

Willem Breuker Kollektief – Hapsap (Amsterdamned Jazz DVD).

Jackie McLean On Mars

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:36:08 +0000

A documentary by Ken Levis “Jackie McLean On Mars”:

Jackie McLean on Mars from Ken Levis on Vimeo.

Swing Dancing from the Movie Hellzapoppin’ (1941)

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:41:45 +0000

Swing Dancing from the Movie Hellzapoppin’ (1941). Slim Galliard and members performing the Hellzapoppin’ Jam. Classic dance sequence of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers Dancers (in order of appearance) William Downes and Micky Jones, Billy Ricker and Norma Miller, Al Minns and Willa Mae Ricker, Frankie Manning and Ann Johnson.

I Heart Jazz

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:47:40 +0000

Jazzy animation by Smigly called “I Heart Jazz”:

Geri Allen – Flying Toward The Sound

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:04:12 +0000

Geri Allen’s Flying Toward The Sound is taken from Geri Allen’s album of the same name. The video is excerpted from “Refractions”, an art film directed by Carrie Mae Weems. The music was composed during Geri Allen’s John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.

Sun Ra “Space Is the Place”

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:21:10 +0000

“Avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra stars in the movie version of his concept album Space Is the Place. Not following a linear plot line, this experimental film is a bizarre combination of social commentary, blaxploitation, science fiction, and concert performance. The opening scene is set in an intergalactic forest, with Sun Ra introducing his plan to use music as salvation for the black community.” Read more & watch the movie.

Lennie Niehaus in Eastwood’s film “The Rookie”

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:54:21 +0000

Lennie Niehaus’ great & thriller jazzy score for Eastwood’s film “The Rookie”:

Interviews with Lennie Niehaus.