Tag: jazz

TJFF 2019: It Really Schwings!

TJFF 2019: It Really Schwings!

May 15, 2019 | By

Review of Eric Friedler’s documentary IT MUST SCHWING! THE BLUE NOTE STORY (2018) at TJFF 2019.

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Film: It Must Schwing! The Blue Note Story (2018)

Film: It Must Schwing! The Blue Note Story (2018)

May 15, 2019 | By

Film: Excellent Transfer:  n/a Extras: n/a Label:  n/a Region: n/a Released:  n/a Genre:  Documentary / Jazz / Blue Note Synopsis: Detailed portrait and homage to the founders of Blue Note Records, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. Special Features:  n/a     Review: Although the history of the iconic jazz label has been chronicled in prior films, […]

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DVD: Healey’s Hideaway (2014)

DVD: Healey’s Hideaway (2014)

July 14, 2016 | By

Jeff Healey was Canada’s gift to the blues, and his passing at 41 from lung cancer was a huge loss to the Canadian music scene, especially since the child prodigy would’ve matured into an even greater musician…

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DVD: Movie Music Man – A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin (1993)

DVD: Movie Music Man – A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin (1993)

December 15, 2014 | By

This TV production from France’s Channel 4 manages to integrate selections from a live concert in Canne with the Orchestre National de Lyon in which Lalo Schifrin performs material from his own repertoire and select classical pieces, and is caught in a series of brief interviews reflecting on his career, some of his best-known themes, and how the latter reflect his approach to scoring movies and TV…

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