Grammy® Award-Winning Producer, Guitarist & Singer John Pizzarelli joins Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club’s 2022 Schedule of Shows which now includes 9 Nea Jazz Masters, 52 Grammy® Award-Winning Artists, 46 Blues Music Award-Winners, and a comprehensive list of talented musicians with 575+ Grammy® Award Nominations amongst them. Tickets for John Pizzarelli at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, as well as the current list of 2022 & 2023 shows, can be found on Ticketmaster.com and Jimmy’s Online Event Calendar at: http://www.jimmysoncongress.com/events.
Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club Features Grammy® Award-Winning Producer, Guitarist & Singer John Pizzarelli on Thursday December 15 at 8 P.M. World-Renowned Jazz Guitarist John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.”
While plenty of jazz greats influenced his work—Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry and Slam Stewart, among others—Nat King Cole has been Pizzarelli’s hero and foundation over the last 25+ years.
Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club Features Grammy® Award-Winning Producer, Guitarist & Singer John Pizzarelli on Thursday December 15 at 8 P.M. World-Renowned Jazz Guitarist John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.”
While plenty of jazz greats influenced his work—Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry and Slam Stewart, among others—Nat King Cole has been Pizzarelli’s hero and foundation over the last 25+ years.
- 11/25/2022
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Jimmy Cobb, a jazz drummer and the last surviving member of the ensemble sextet of Miles Davis’ iconic album, Kind of Blue, died Sunday lung cancer at his home in Manhattan. He was 91. His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, made the announcement on Facebook.
The 1959 albumKind of Blue is considered one of the greatest jazz records of all time. At the time of its release, the album was met with rave reviews from critics, widespread radio play and often is regarded as the best-selling jazz album in history, It was certified quintuple-platinum last year. Kind of Blue also was honored as a national treasure by the U.S. House of Representatives.
He worked on several other Davis albums including Sketches of Spain, Someday My Prince Will Come, Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall, and The Complete Blackhawk.
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The 1959 albumKind of Blue is considered one of the greatest jazz records of all time. At the time of its release, the album was met with rave reviews from critics, widespread radio play and often is regarded as the best-selling jazz album in history, It was certified quintuple-platinum last year. Kind of Blue also was honored as a national treasure by the U.S. House of Representatives.
He worked on several other Davis albums including Sketches of Spain, Someday My Prince Will Come, Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall, and The Complete Blackhawk.
Notable Hollywood & Entertainment Industry Deaths In 2020: Photo Gallery
Born in Washington, D.C. in...
- 5/25/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney, 59, died on Tuesday at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey from coronavirus (Covid-19) complications. Roney took lessons from jazz legends Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and was the protégé of the late Miles Davis. In 1979 and 1980, Roney won the DownBeat Award for Best Jazz Musician […]
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- 4/4/2020
- by Paloma Thoen
- Uinterview
When Rashida Jones paid tribute to her father Quincy Jones recently at a Netflix Fysee event in Hollywood, she assured him there would never be another person like him.
“I hope not,” the elder Jones cracked.
“No, there won’t be,” Rashida replied. “Don’t worry.”
The occasion for the tribute was a screening of the Netflix documentary Quincy, which Rashida directed with Alan Hicks. Over a span of 124 minutes it illustrates why there will never be, and could never be, another Quincy Jones. His accomplishments are too rare, too varied and unprecedented to be repeated.
“The feedback’s been great,” Rashida says of the film, which earlier this year won a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. “The whole purpose to make the film was really to give people the feeling of hanging out with my dad, like the kind of intimate hang that I personally want you to have.
“I hope not,” the elder Jones cracked.
“No, there won’t be,” Rashida replied. “Don’t worry.”
The occasion for the tribute was a screening of the Netflix documentary Quincy, which Rashida directed with Alan Hicks. Over a span of 124 minutes it illustrates why there will never be, and could never be, another Quincy Jones. His accomplishments are too rare, too varied and unprecedented to be repeated.
“The feedback’s been great,” Rashida says of the film, which earlier this year won a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. “The whole purpose to make the film was really to give people the feeling of hanging out with my dad, like the kind of intimate hang that I personally want you to have.
- 5/27/2019
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Almost everyone is familiar with Quincy Jones' name, but, because he has had such a long and varied career, almost always operating behind bigger names — as an orchestrator, arranger, composer, film producer and the list goes on — many can't tell you too much about him. That will change as a result of Quincy, which Netflix will begin streaming Sept. 21. The film was co-directed by Rashida Jones, one of its subject's daughters, and Al Hicks, an Aussie musician-turned-filmmaker who first crossed paths with Jones on his prior doc, Keep On Keepin' On, which centered on Jones' musical mentor Clark Terry ...
- 9/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Almost everyone is familiar with Quincy Jones' name, but, because he has had such a long and varied career, almost always operating behind bigger names — as an orchestrator, arranger, composer, film producer and the list goes on — many can't tell you too much about him. That will change as a result of Quincy, which Netflix will begin streaming Sept. 21. The film was co-directed by Rashida Jones, one of its subject's daughters, and Al Hicks, an Aussie musician-turned-filmmaker who first crossed paths with Jones on his prior doc, Keep On Keepin' On, which centered on Jones' musical mentor Clark Terry ...
- 9/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
An entertainment tour-de-force placing his irreplaceable stamp on the worlds of music, film and television over the course of 70 years, Quincy Jones graced Deadline’s Toronto Studio last night, appearing with director Alan Hicks to discuss Netflix documentary Quincy.
Co-directed by Jones’ daughter—quadruple threat Rashida Jones—this celebration of the artist’s life and work examines the challenging childhood, as well as the racial and cultural boundaries Jones transcended in his lifetime, honing in on the 85-year-old’s three-year journey, preparing a star-studded concert for the opening of Washington, DC’s National Museum of African American History & Culture.
For Jones, even the idea of making a film with his daughter didn’t entirely assuage the fears that come with being the subject of a documentary, asked to open himself up for an all-encompassing portrait of his experience. “You don’t know what they’re going to say. There was...
Co-directed by Jones’ daughter—quadruple threat Rashida Jones—this celebration of the artist’s life and work examines the challenging childhood, as well as the racial and cultural boundaries Jones transcended in his lifetime, honing in on the 85-year-old’s three-year journey, preparing a star-studded concert for the opening of Washington, DC’s National Museum of African American History & Culture.
For Jones, even the idea of making a film with his daughter didn’t entirely assuage the fears that come with being the subject of a documentary, asked to open himself up for an all-encompassing portrait of his experience. “You don’t know what they’re going to say. There was...
- 9/9/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Not too many people can count Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, and Paul McCartney among their admirers. All three make appearances in the new trailer for the Netflix documentary “Quincy,” praising the life and work of the inimitable Quincy Jones. A fully authorized portrait of the music icon, “Quincy” is directed by Jones’s daughter, the actress Rashida Jones, in collaboration with Alan Hicks. Weaving archival footage with intimate moments of daily life, the film is sure to be a revealing and fitting tribute.
Per the official synopsis: “A unique force of nature in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended musical and racial boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of Black America. Beyond his own acclaim as a trumpeter, producer, conductor, composer and arranger, Jones’s inimitable gift to discover the biggest talents of the past half of the century is unprecedented. He has mentored...
Per the official synopsis: “A unique force of nature in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended musical and racial boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of Black America. Beyond his own acclaim as a trumpeter, producer, conductor, composer and arranger, Jones’s inimitable gift to discover the biggest talents of the past half of the century is unprecedented. He has mentored...
- 9/6/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Netflix will launch the new documentary Quincy, about music icon Quincy Jones, on Sept. 21, the streaming service announced today.
The film, which also will have a limited theatrical release, is directed by Rashida Jones, the actress and writer who is also Jones' daughter, and Alan Hicks, the director of Keep On Keepin’ On, which focused on jazz musician Clark Terry.
The film was produced by Paula DuPre Pesmen and executive produced by Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh from Tribeca Productions and Adam Fell from Quincy Jones Productions, and promises a look at Jones’ career as a trumpeter, producer, conductor, composer and ...
The film, which also will have a limited theatrical release, is directed by Rashida Jones, the actress and writer who is also Jones' daughter, and Alan Hicks, the director of Keep On Keepin’ On, which focused on jazz musician Clark Terry.
The film was produced by Paula DuPre Pesmen and executive produced by Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh from Tribeca Productions and Adam Fell from Quincy Jones Productions, and promises a look at Jones’ career as a trumpeter, producer, conductor, composer and ...
Netflix will launch the new documentary Quincy, about music icon Quincy Jones, on Sept. 21, the streaming service announced today.
The film, which also will have a limited theatrical release, is directed by Rashida Jones, the actress and writer who is also Jones' daughter, and Alan Hicks, the director of Keep On Keepin’ On, which focused on jazz musician Clark Terry.
The film was produced by Paula DuPre Pesmen and executive produced by Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh from Tribeca Productions and Adam Fell from Quincy Jones Productions, and promises a look at Jones’ career as a trumpeter, producer, conductor, composer and ...
The film, which also will have a limited theatrical release, is directed by Rashida Jones, the actress and writer who is also Jones' daughter, and Alan Hicks, the director of Keep On Keepin’ On, which focused on jazz musician Clark Terry.
The film was produced by Paula DuPre Pesmen and executive produced by Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh from Tribeca Productions and Adam Fell from Quincy Jones Productions, and promises a look at Jones’ career as a trumpeter, producer, conductor, composer and ...
Jazz musician Alan Hicks has directed just one feature documentary, Keep On Keepin' On, but he.s just won a $50,000 prize.
Hicks has been awarded the David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship, intended to reward creative ambition, intellectual rigour and innovation in documentary cinema.
.Alan, whose debut film attracted international critical and commercial attention, is on the threshold of what promises to be a bold and exciting career,. said Bob Connolly, speaking on behalf of the selection committee.
Keep On Keepin' On is based on the life of jazz legend Clark Terry (Quincy Jones's first teacher) and his relationship with 23-year-old blind pianist prodigy, Justin Kauflin whom Terry first taught at William Patterson University and with whom he continued to work despite his failing health.
The doc premiered to rave reviews at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2014, where it won the Audience Award and the Best New Documentary Director Award.
Hicks has been awarded the David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship, intended to reward creative ambition, intellectual rigour and innovation in documentary cinema.
.Alan, whose debut film attracted international critical and commercial attention, is on the threshold of what promises to be a bold and exciting career,. said Bob Connolly, speaking on behalf of the selection committee.
Keep On Keepin' On is based on the life of jazz legend Clark Terry (Quincy Jones's first teacher) and his relationship with 23-year-old blind pianist prodigy, Justin Kauflin whom Terry first taught at William Patterson University and with whom he continued to work despite his failing health.
The doc premiered to rave reviews at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2014, where it won the Audience Award and the Best New Documentary Director Award.
- 5/31/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
One of my favorite documentaries of 2014 didn’t make it to the Oscars, but that doesn’t dim its luster in my eyes: Keep On Keepin’ On is a beautiful film and its soundtrack is being released today by Varèse Sarabande. That happy occasion is made bittersweet by the news that the movie’s subject, jazz trumpet great Clark Terry, passed away on Saturday at the age of 94. The documentary candidly chronicles his declining health over the past few years, but Terry never lost his zest for life or his drive to encourage young musicians. The movie focuses on the extraordinary friendship between Terry and a brilliant young pianist named Justin Kauflin, who is blind. They met when...
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- 2/24/2015
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
Famed jazz trumpeter and educator Clark Terry has died at the age of 94, his wife confirmed in a post on Terry’s web site. Terry broke the color line on NBC’s The Tonight Show when he joined the house band, where he played for 12 years and where his “Mumbles” scat singing style became a popular routine for the show (and subsequently a hit song). More recently, his mentoring of a blind young pianist was the subject of the 2014 documentary Keep On Keepin’ On. Terry’s wife…...
- 2/22/2015
- Deadline TV
Famed jazz trumpeter and educator Clark Terry has died at the age of 94, his wife confirmed in a post on Terry’s web site. Terry broke the color line on NBC’s The Tonight Show when he joined the house band, where he played for 12 years and where his “Mumbles” scat singing style became a popular routine for the show (and subsequently a hit song). More recently, his mentoring of a blind young pianist was the subject of the 2014 documentary Keep On Keepin’ On. Terry’s wife…...
- 2/22/2015
- Deadline
Director Ava DuVernay‘s “Selma” and Alan Hicks’ “Keep on Keeping’ On” took home the jury prizes at the 26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, with the winners being revealed on Saturday at Spencer’s Restaurant in Palm Springs, California.
“Selma,” selected as the award show’s opening night film, took home the Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. The story focuses on the U.S. Civil Rights movement in the 1960s and its leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo).
See Photos: Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr. at the Palm Springs Film Fest
The...
“Selma,” selected as the award show’s opening night film, took home the Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. The story focuses on the U.S. Civil Rights movement in the 1960s and its leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo).
See Photos: Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr. at the Palm Springs Film Fest
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- 1/12/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has unveiled its 2015 line-up which includes films representing 54 countries, 23 world premieres and 53 U.S. premieres. The U.S. premiere of Niki Caro’s McFarland USA will close out the 30th fest. Based on the 1987 true story and starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello, the film follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White (Costner), a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. The unlikely band of runners overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring legacy as well.
The festival runs from January 27-February 7.
Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.
World Premieres
A Better You, USA
Directed by Matt Walsh
Cast: Brian Huskey,...
The festival runs from January 27-February 7.
Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.
World Premieres
A Better You, USA
Directed by Matt Walsh
Cast: Brian Huskey,...
- 1/8/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
A self-acknowledged "showcase for Academy Award frontrunners," the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is often overlooked for the actual films that earn it festival status. An amalgamation of international discoveries and ’merica’s circuit highlights, the Sbiff curates a week of best-of-the-best to pair with their star-praising. The 2015 edition offers another expansive selection, bookended by two films that aren’t on any radars just yet. Sbiff will open with "Desert Dancer," producer Richard Raymond’s directorial debut. Starring Reece Ritchie and Frieda Pinto, the drama follows a group of friends who wave off the harsh political climate of Iran’s 2009 presidential election in favor of forming a dance team, picking up moves from Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev thanks to the magic of YouTube. The festival will close with "McFarland, USA," starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello. Telling the 1987 true story of a Latino high school’s underdog cross-country team,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Keep on Keepin’ On, director Alan Hicks’ debut film, follows four years of the friendship and mentorship between jazz legend and trumpeter Clark Terry, who played with Count Basie and Duke Ellington and taught a young Quincy Jones how to play, and Justin Kauflin, a talented 23-year-old blind pianist. The two musicians support each other as Terry begins to lose his eyesight due to health issues and as Kauflin deals with stage fright as a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. The film is one of 15 films on the Oscar documentary shortlist, five of which will be nominated on Jan. 15.
The Academy is particularly fond of music-related documentaries, nominating 17 since 1942, with eight winning. Keep on Keepin’ On could join the following Oscar-nominated films:
Festival (1967)
Director Murray Lerner’s black-and-white documentary offers a glimpse into three years (1963-1966) of the Newport Folk Festival, which...
Managing Editor
Keep on Keepin’ On, director Alan Hicks’ debut film, follows four years of the friendship and mentorship between jazz legend and trumpeter Clark Terry, who played with Count Basie and Duke Ellington and taught a young Quincy Jones how to play, and Justin Kauflin, a talented 23-year-old blind pianist. The two musicians support each other as Terry begins to lose his eyesight due to health issues and as Kauflin deals with stage fright as a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. The film is one of 15 films on the Oscar documentary shortlist, five of which will be nominated on Jan. 15.
The Academy is particularly fond of music-related documentaries, nominating 17 since 1942, with eight winning. Keep on Keepin’ On could join the following Oscar-nominated films:
Festival (1967)
Director Murray Lerner’s black-and-white documentary offers a glimpse into three years (1963-1966) of the Newport Folk Festival, which...
- 1/8/2015
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
I'm curious what the consensus will be in ten to twenty years, once we look back and evaluate the movies of 2014. It seems I continually see people referring to it as either a great year or a terrible year with little in-between. Were you to judge the year on the quality of the mainstream studio features I could see where you might be disappointed. It wasn't exactly the best year for blockbuster cinema. Hell, Christopher Nolan even came out with a new big budget film and it didn't even make it onto my list of Honorable Mentions. However, you look at the mini majors and smaller distributros, studios such as A24, Fox Searchlight, Sony Classics and Open Road and things begin to perk up, but these studios don't market their films on every channel so at the end of the year when people are asking me "what movies they should...
- 12/23/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Yesterday, the Academy’s documentary branch narrowed down the list of 134 documentaries to 15 for the shortlist. Of these 15, five will be announced Jan. 15 as the nominees for the 87th Academy Awards, which will be held on Feb. 22.
Over the past few months, I wrote about three documentaries and the precedent past nominees set for them: Rory Kennedy’s Last Days in Vietnam, John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier and Orlando von Einsiedel’s Virunga. All three films made the shortlist. The lists of related documentaries that landed nominations for best documentary consist of eleven Vietnam documentaries, six photography-related documentaries and eight documentaries about the animal world.
Two weeks ago, I looked at ten of the top documentary contenders that debuted at Sundance, and five made the shortlist: The Case Against 8, about the battle to overturn California’s Proposition 8; Last Days in Vietnam,...
Managing Editor
Yesterday, the Academy’s documentary branch narrowed down the list of 134 documentaries to 15 for the shortlist. Of these 15, five will be announced Jan. 15 as the nominees for the 87th Academy Awards, which will be held on Feb. 22.
Over the past few months, I wrote about three documentaries and the precedent past nominees set for them: Rory Kennedy’s Last Days in Vietnam, John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier and Orlando von Einsiedel’s Virunga. All three films made the shortlist. The lists of related documentaries that landed nominations for best documentary consist of eleven Vietnam documentaries, six photography-related documentaries and eight documentaries about the animal world.
Two weeks ago, I looked at ten of the top documentary contenders that debuted at Sundance, and five made the shortlist: The Case Against 8, about the battle to overturn California’s Proposition 8; Last Days in Vietnam,...
- 12/3/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the 15 films that will be competing for the Oscar’s 5 documentary feature nominations. The 15 were selected from a longer list of 134 eligible submissions, and from these 15, Academy members will now vote to select the five films that will eventually become the nominees at next year's Oscars event. The semi-finalists include 3 films covered on this blog: "Keep on Keepin’ On" (which captures the moving relationship between blind piano prodigy and jazz icon Clark Terry, and 23-year-old Justin Kauflin, who's just starting out as a jazz pianist in New York City); "Tales of the Grim Sleeper"...
- 12/3/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The Academy’s Documentary Branch chose the shortlist in a preliminary round of voting. The members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles. They had to sift through 134 films, a daunting task, but were individually designated lists of 20% of each stack they received to watch, and then could see the others as they chose. This way, in theory, all the films were screened. Among the more competitive frontrunners in this race are Laura Poitras' Edward Snowden doc "Citizenfour," which is already cleaning up with wins at the Gotham Awards and New York Film Critics Circle this week, along with two films about the art and mystery of photography, "Finding Vivian Maier" and "The Salt of the Earth," Steve James' Roger Ebert doc "Life Itself," Clark Terry mentorship portrait "Keep on Keepin' On," HBO South Central expose "Tales of the Grim Sleeper," Netflix doc "Virunga" and Rory Kennedy's.
- 12/2/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Academy has announced the 15-wide documentary shortlist and apart from one title, it's is a very high-profile group of names. At least they are if you follow the world of documentary. I had discussed with a friend recently that last year's field may go down as the greatest in the category's history, but depending on how the branch votes this year they may just surpass it. I have already seen nine of the 15 and can vouch for almost all of them. Let's take a look.
Art and Craft The Case Against 8 (review) Citizen Koch Citizenfour (podcast | Glenn's review) Finding Vivian Maier The Internet's Own Boy Jodorowsky's Dune Keep On Keepin' On The Kill Team Last Days in Vietnam (review)
Life Itself The Overnighters The Salt of the Earth Tales of the Grim Sleeper (Nyff review | AFI review) Virunga
There are some big names in here. Apart from the...
Art and Craft The Case Against 8 (review) Citizen Koch Citizenfour (podcast | Glenn's review) Finding Vivian Maier The Internet's Own Boy Jodorowsky's Dune Keep On Keepin' On The Kill Team Last Days in Vietnam (review)
Life Itself The Overnighters The Salt of the Earth Tales of the Grim Sleeper (Nyff review | AFI review) Virunga
There are some big names in here. Apart from the...
- 12/2/2014
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
With year end lists already flooding the interwebs a full month before the actual year’s end, its hard to ignore the fact that awards season is now in full swing. Tons of documentary awards have already been handed out, whether its for Ida (not Pawel Pawlikowski’s gorgeous new film) or for Cinema Eye Honors, there are plenty of worthy films getting their due recognition. Plus, several international festivals have handed out major awards this month, including Idfa, which hosted their awards ceremony just minutes ago. The full roundup is just below:
Dok Leipzig – Germany – October 27th – November 2nd
At the close of the 57th edition of the German documentary festival the Golden Dove Award, the festival’s highest honor, was given to Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard’s Rules of the Game, while the Leipziger Ring Film Prize went to Laura Poitras’s Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour, the...
Dok Leipzig – Germany – October 27th – November 2nd
At the close of the 57th edition of the German documentary festival the Golden Dove Award, the festival’s highest honor, was given to Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard’s Rules of the Game, while the Leipziger Ring Film Prize went to Laura Poitras’s Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour, the...
- 11/29/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Other winners include hit Us podcast Serial.
Laurent Bécue-Renard’s Of Men and War has won the Vpro Idfa Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary.
The trophy, which comes with a cash prize of €12,500, was handed out in Amsterdam’s Compagnietheater at the awards ceremony of the 27th Idfa.
The French-Swiss co-production is about a group of American Iraq veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Director Bécue-Renard followed the group for many years during therapy sessions in a clinic for veterans.
A statement from the jury said the film “confronts us with our fragility as human beings, revealing that we must treat each other with gentleness and love. In a way that is never intrusive, the camera participates in therapy sessions for traumatized veterans. (…) A more powerful anti-war film is hard to imagine.”
In addition, the special jury award was a given to Something Better to Come (Denmark / Poland) by Hanna Polak, who for 14 years...
Laurent Bécue-Renard’s Of Men and War has won the Vpro Idfa Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary.
The trophy, which comes with a cash prize of €12,500, was handed out in Amsterdam’s Compagnietheater at the awards ceremony of the 27th Idfa.
The French-Swiss co-production is about a group of American Iraq veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Director Bécue-Renard followed the group for many years during therapy sessions in a clinic for veterans.
A statement from the jury said the film “confronts us with our fragility as human beings, revealing that we must treat each other with gentleness and love. In a way that is never intrusive, the camera participates in therapy sessions for traumatized veterans. (…) A more powerful anti-war film is hard to imagine.”
In addition, the special jury award was a given to Something Better to Come (Denmark / Poland) by Hanna Polak, who for 14 years...
- 11/29/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
In “Keep on Keepin’ On” first-time documentarian Alan Hicks captures the moving relationship between a blind piano prodigy and jazz icon. The film opens on legendary performer Clark Terry, known as one of the most distinct horn players in the jazz world, tutoring 23-year-old Justin Kauflin, just starting out as a jazz pianist in New York City. For four years, Hicks follows the pair as the 93-year-old Terry shares his wisdom with the younger musician, while grappling with his own rapidly declining health. Terry is a key figure in the jazz world, loved not only for his joyous performing style but for a 70-year career during which he played with Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington, and Count...
- 11/13/2014
- by Zeba Blay
- ShadowAndAct
Producer Paula Dupre Pesmen and I talk on the video above about the creators behind Keep On Keepin’ On, a documentary about the remarkable mentoring relationship between the great jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, in his 80s and ailing, and his 23-year-old protege, the blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin. The documentary was shot over four years, and spotlights the time just before Kauflin is to perform in an elite piano competition.
Another of Terry’s long-ago proteges, Quincy Jones, is among the notables appearing in the film, as do Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock, Mulgrew Miller, Arturo Sandoval and Diane Reeves.
The video comes from Deadline’s The Contenders event held earlier this month, which brought together notables from a range of Oscar-contending films to talk about their projects in front of a group of Academy voters. We’ll be rolling out short video highlights from all the panels over the next few weeks,...
Another of Terry’s long-ago proteges, Quincy Jones, is among the notables appearing in the film, as do Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock, Mulgrew Miller, Arturo Sandoval and Diane Reeves.
The video comes from Deadline’s The Contenders event held earlier this month, which brought together notables from a range of Oscar-contending films to talk about their projects in front of a group of Academy voters. We’ll be rolling out short video highlights from all the panels over the next few weeks,...
- 11/11/2014
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline
If there was any doubt awards season was in full swing, this week’s growing list of screening events featuring lunches, dinners and receptions all aimed at luring Academy and Golden Globe voters should erase any question.
As I pointed out last week, the Academy’s “official” foreign-language screenings began on Monday night with Poland’s Ida and Hungary’s demanding but very fine White God. But that is just the beginning for both those films.
On Friday afternoon at Century City’s Craft restaurant, a private luncheon was held that drew several Oscar voters for an intimate opportunity to chow down with Ida director Pawel Pawlikowski.
White God’s filmmakers come into town next week for similar treatment with a private screening and reception aimed at those same voters. Saturday night, the terrific Swedish entry, Force Majeure, had a packed Beverly Hills screening followed by a Bouchon dinner reception...
As I pointed out last week, the Academy’s “official” foreign-language screenings began on Monday night with Poland’s Ida and Hungary’s demanding but very fine White God. But that is just the beginning for both those films.
On Friday afternoon at Century City’s Craft restaurant, a private luncheon was held that drew several Oscar voters for an intimate opportunity to chow down with Ida director Pawel Pawlikowski.
White God’s filmmakers come into town next week for similar treatment with a private screening and reception aimed at those same voters. Saturday night, the terrific Swedish entry, Force Majeure, had a packed Beverly Hills screening followed by a Bouchon dinner reception...
- 10/19/2014
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline
In theaters now, "Keep On Keepin' On" explores the moving relationship between jazz icon Clark Terry and his 23-year-old protégé, piano prodigy Justin Kauflin. As Terry begins to lose his sight due to complications from advanced diabetes, he forms a special bond with Justin who is already blind, and the two support each other in ways that no one else can. Mr. Terry recently spoke with Shadow And Act about his experiences making the movie and some of the wisdom gleaned from his lengthy and prolific career of performing and teaching jazz. What made him decide to teach other musicians throughout his career: My older sister Ada Mae's husband Sy...
- 10/6/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Foreign films and a doc scored well in the Specialty arena this weekend. That isn’t something I get to write very often but it’s a pleasure when it happens. China Lion‘s Breakup Buddies, Tribeca Film‘s music doc Nas: Time Is Illmatic and Bollywood heavyweight Bang Bang all pulled in solid numbers when they debuted this weekend among U.S. speciality films.
By contrast, the weekend’s most notable U.S. indie debut, Jason Reitman‘s Men, Women & Children, took a dive in its first limited runs, while Radius-twc’s music documentary Keep On Keepin’ On again lived up to its name, gathering momentum in its third week.
That so-so start came even though Paramount seemingly did everything right for Men, Women & Children after a premiere at Toronto. The company created a marketing campaign that targeted both social networking-savvy young audiences and the traditional movie-going crowd. The...
By contrast, the weekend’s most notable U.S. indie debut, Jason Reitman‘s Men, Women & Children, took a dive in its first limited runs, while Radius-twc’s music documentary Keep On Keepin’ On again lived up to its name, gathering momentum in its third week.
That so-so start came even though Paramount seemingly did everything right for Men, Women & Children after a premiere at Toronto. The company created a marketing campaign that targeted both social networking-savvy young audiences and the traditional movie-going crowd. The...
- 10/5/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
In “Keep on Keepin’ On” first-time documentarian Alan Hicks captures the moving relationship between a blind piano prodigy and jazz icon. The film opens on legendary performer Clark Terry, known as one of the most distinct horn players in the jazz world, tutoring 23-year-old Justin Kauflin, just starting out as a jazz pianist in New York City. For four years, Hicks follows the pair as the 93-year-old Terry shares his wisdom with the younger musician, while grappling with his own rapidly declining health. Terry is a key figure in the jazz world, loved not only for his joyous performing style but for a 70-year career during which he played with Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington, and Count...
- 10/3/2014
- by Zeba Blay
- ShadowAndAct
Seeing a living legend laid up in an oxygen tent shouldn't be fun. But in Alan Hicks’s doc Keep On Keepin’ On, it somehow is. Now in his nineties, diabetic and facing the possible amputation of a leg, the great jazz trumpeter Clark Terry lies there jamming. He doesn’t have his horn, but that’s never been a problem — when he was a kid, he improvised one from a funnel, a hose, a lead pipe he’d blow into. Instead, in the hospital, Terry parumphs and doodle-oos bursts of cheery, conversational scat, tossing out melodies to Justin Kauflin, a skinny young musician finding his voice under Clark’s tutelage. Kauflin answers Clark’s improvisations on a keyboard. It’s part Live at Birdland, part Boy in the Plastic Bu...
- 10/1/2014
- Village Voice
Awards: Anne Thompson's Updated Oscar Predictions 2015 "Boyhood" Star Patricia Arquette Will Campaign for Supporting Actress Oscar Four Reasons Why Clark Terry Doc "Keep On Keepin' On" Is Oscar Bait Updated: Foreign Language Oscar Contenders Where Are the Missing Pictures? Box Office: "Skeleton Twins" Scores Best Limited Opening Since "Boyhood" Top Ten Box Office Takeaways: "No Good Deed" Tops Weak Field, "The Drop" Scores, "The Giver" Soars News & Features: As TriStar Lands Ang Lee, Who's In Line to Replace Sony's Pascal? Fantastic Fest Preview: 10 Must-See Films How Kevin Kline Helped Israel Horovitz's "My Old Lady" Film Debut It's Not Getting Better for Women in Hollywood, But There Is a Silver Lining "New Girl" vs. "The Mindy Project": One's a Winner Take a "Walk Among the Tombstones" with Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare...
- 9/20/2014
- by TOH!
- Thompson on Hollywood
Quincy Jones Talks Keepin’ On And Other Pearls Of Wisdom
By
Alex Simon
Quincy Jones is to music what Steven Spielberg is to film. In a career that has spanned over 60 years, Jones has been a musician, composer, producer, mentor, philanthropist and guiding force that has helped shape the music business, popular culture, and much of society’s manners, mores and events ( as we know them today.) In fact, Jones has led an almost Forrest Gump-like charmed life, utilizing his (undeniable) instinct for spotting raw talent in young performers, ( as well as his own) and his technical innovations in musical composition and production, which has led him to collaborations and long-time friendships with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, (and many more).
Now 81 years young, Jones’ latest endeavor, both as participant and producer, is the documentary Keep On Keepin’ On. Shot over five years by first-time filmmaker, Al Hicks,...
By
Alex Simon
Quincy Jones is to music what Steven Spielberg is to film. In a career that has spanned over 60 years, Jones has been a musician, composer, producer, mentor, philanthropist and guiding force that has helped shape the music business, popular culture, and much of society’s manners, mores and events ( as we know them today.) In fact, Jones has led an almost Forrest Gump-like charmed life, utilizing his (undeniable) instinct for spotting raw talent in young performers, ( as well as his own) and his technical innovations in musical composition and production, which has led him to collaborations and long-time friendships with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, (and many more).
Now 81 years young, Jones’ latest endeavor, both as participant and producer, is the documentary Keep On Keepin’ On. Shot over five years by first-time filmmaker, Al Hicks,...
- 9/19/2014
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Two remarkable men—one young, one old—fuel each other’s spirits in the beautiful documentary Keep On Keepin’ On. When we meet them, Justin Kauflin is a teenage jazz piano prodigy who hasn’t let blindness deter him from pursuing his love of music, while jazz trumpet great Clark Terry is in his late 80s and in declining health. Despite the age difference, these musicians form an incredible bond that sustains them both through difficult times. Australian-born drummer Alan Hicks began documenting this friendship in 2009, and has followed Kauflin and Terry’s fate and fortunes (together and apart) for the last five years. The resulting film is an unusually intimate portrait of...
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- 9/19/2014
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
Films from notables Nick Cave, Kevin Smith and Terry Gilliam, and another featuring Downton Abbey vet Dan Stevens are helping fill this weekend’s box office, despite studio blockbuster debuts for The Maze Runner and This Is Where I Leave You.
In all, 14 specialty films are debuting this weekend, at the front edge of awards season and the time of year when “serious” films hit the screens left and right. We have The Guest, with Stevens; The Zero Theorem by Gilliam; Smith’s Tusk; Tracks, the latest from the producers of The King’s Speech; and Cave’s doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
And, like a TV informercial, there’s more: the doc Pump, boundary-jumper Stop The Pounding Heart; and Swim Little Fish Swim. Just to fill out the marquees, we also have Tribeca-winning doc Keep On Keepin’ On; Flamenco, Flamenco; Hector And The Search For Happiness; Iceman; Hollidaysburg; and Not Cool.
In all, 14 specialty films are debuting this weekend, at the front edge of awards season and the time of year when “serious” films hit the screens left and right. We have The Guest, with Stevens; The Zero Theorem by Gilliam; Smith’s Tusk; Tracks, the latest from the producers of The King’s Speech; and Cave’s doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
And, like a TV informercial, there’s more: the doc Pump, boundary-jumper Stop The Pounding Heart; and Swim Little Fish Swim. Just to fill out the marquees, we also have Tribeca-winning doc Keep On Keepin’ On; Flamenco, Flamenco; Hector And The Search For Happiness; Iceman; Hollidaysburg; and Not Cool.
- 9/19/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
1. The movie is organic and authentic. This documentary exists because Australian first-time director and jazz drummer Alan Hicks, who had studied with trumpeter Clark Terry and toured with his band for three years, was approached by an Australian documentary channel to shoot a short piece about their friendship. When funding was pulled at the last minute, Hicks saw a missed opportunity. He and his friend Adam Hart decided that they could do it on their own. "We saved up for a year," Hicks tells me in a phone interview. "We bought one camera and plane fares and came out and started shooting with Clark." Hicks first met Clark by chance in New York in 2001. "He was in good health and touring all over the world," he says. "He had recovered from colon cancer, took me under his wing, started teaching me, and we became good mates. That's why I was...
- 9/18/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Fury (David Ayer)
[via the BFI]
The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. The lineup includes highly anticipated fall titles including David Ayer’s Fury, Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, the Sundance smash Whiplash, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild.
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success at the start of the Awards season, promotes the careers of British and...
[via the BFI]
The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. The lineup includes highly anticipated fall titles including David Ayer’s Fury, Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, the Sundance smash Whiplash, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild.
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success at the start of the Awards season, promotes the careers of British and...
- 9/3/2014
- by John
- SoundOnSight
As we look in the rearview mirror of the summer blockbusters, September heralds the start of the fall movie season. Filled with Hollywood heavyweights and A-listers, here’s our Big list of the most anticipated movies coming to cinemas this autumn and during the holidays.
Our exhaustive list includes films that are playing at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival as well the ones that already have a theatrical release date. With the awards season on the horizon, we also added a few bonus films at the end to keep your eye out for in the months ahead.
Pull up a chair, grab a pen and paper and get ready for Wamg’s Guide to the 100+ Films This Fall And Holiday Season.
We kick it off with what’s showing in Toronto at the film festival that runs September 4 – 14.
Maps To The Stars – September 2014 – Toronto International Film Festival; UK & Ireland September...
Our exhaustive list includes films that are playing at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival as well the ones that already have a theatrical release date. With the awards season on the horizon, we also added a few bonus films at the end to keep your eye out for in the months ahead.
Pull up a chair, grab a pen and paper and get ready for Wamg’s Guide to the 100+ Films This Fall And Holiday Season.
We kick it off with what’s showing in Toronto at the film festival that runs September 4 – 14.
Maps To The Stars – September 2014 – Toronto International Film Festival; UK & Ireland September...
- 8/29/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Dinah Washington (8/29/24-12/14/63) was one of the last great examples of female blues singers regularly working in a jazz band context. Many aficionados would say that she was surpassed in this style only by Bessie Smith. First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story, the two-cd set that proudly features the commemorative stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 1993 to mark the 30th anniversary of her premature death at age 39 (from an overdose of alcohol and diet pills), offers the finest overview of Washington's artistry, ranging from her first records under her own name in 1943 to her classic material for the Verve, Mercury, EmArcy, and Wing labels from 1946 through 1961 (with at least one item from every year in that span), missing only her last two years, when she was on Roulette.
As vocalist expert Chris Albertson's liner notes observe, "Dinah was a gospel, blues, pop, and jazz singer all rolled into one,...
As vocalist expert Chris Albertson's liner notes observe, "Dinah was a gospel, blues, pop, and jazz singer all rolled into one,...
- 8/29/2014
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
The new Keep On Keepin’ On trailer offers a peek into a story of maintaining one’s vision while losing sight. The RADiUS-twc Quincy Jones-produced jazz documentary from director Alan Hicks centers on the friendship between jazz legend Clark Terry and young, blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin. Terry, 89, played with legends such as Duke Ellington and Count Basie and taught icons such as Miles Davis and Quincy Jones. The trailer shows some of the narrative turns of the film, including a jazz competition for Kauflin and a surgery for Terry. “Dear Justin, I want you to know that
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- 8/21/2014
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Trailer: 'Keep on Keepin’ On' (Captures Moving Relationship Between Blind Piano Prodigy & Jazz Icon)
In “Keep on Keepin’ On” first-time documentarian Alan Hicks captures the moving relationship between a blind piano prodigy and jazz icon. The film opens on legendary performer Clark Terry, known as one of the most distinct horn players in the jazz world, tutoring 23-year-old Justin Kauflin, just starting out as a jazz pianist in New York City. For four years, Hicks follows the pair as the 93-year-old Terry shares his wisdom with the younger musician, while grappling with his own rapidly declining health. Terry is a key figure in the jazz world, loved not only for his joyous performing style but for a 70-year career during which he played with Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington, and Count...
- 8/21/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
He’s a 23-year-old blind jazz piano prodigy. He’s an 89-year-old legend who has trained or mentored such greats as Miles Davis and Quincy Jones. Keep On Keepin’ On is the story of the unlikely transgenerational bond they form and the challenges each faces as the cameras roll. Justin Kauflin has fingers of fire but crippling stage fright, and if he’s going to do well in an international competition, he’s going to need all the help he can get from Clark Terry — who played in Count Basie’s and Duke Ellington’s bands. The documentary from rookie director Al Hicks won the Audience Award at Tribeca, where Radius-twc acquired it for worldwide distribution and a potential remake. The pic opens September 19 in La and October 3 in NYC. Related: Tribeca Crowns Jon Favreau’s ‘Chef’ And Jazz Docu ‘Keep On Keepin’ On’ Top Films...
- 8/21/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
When Australian drummer Alan Hicks was hired to tour with legendary trumpeter Clark Terry's jazz ensemble, he also lucked into terrific documentary subject matter. The resulting tribute, Keep On Keepin' On, is both tender and joyous, a moving account of the mutual nourishment of artistic mentorship and the rewards of accentuating the positive in whatever life throws at you. Jazz aficionados are the obvious core audience, but the human-interest aspects significantly expand the appeal of this film from producers Quincy Jones and Paula DuPre Pesmen (The Cove), which has additional scope as a music-education tool. Hicks won the
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- 6/25/2014
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Quincy Jones, the music producer who has been nominated for 79 Grammys, of which he has won 27, is being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) for his contribution in the film and music industry. Starting June 3, three events will take place over three days to honor Jones' work over the years. The celebration begins with a screening of Sidney Lumet's 1964 Holocaust drama "Pawnbroker," which features an acclaimed score by Jones. Following the screening will be the actual awards ceremony, which will include a conversation with Jones and the premiere of Siff official documentary, "Keep on Keepin' On," about Jones' mentor and jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and Justin Kauflin. To end the festivities, Siff will host a night of music, featuring the Justin Kauflin Trio. To buy tickets and learn more about the event, check out the Siff website here.
- 6/2/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Steve James' touching tribute to long-time film critic and social media champion Roger Ebert, entitled "Life Itself," has been selected to open this year's 6th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival SummerDocs Series on June 21. "Keep On Keepin On," about the relationship between jazz musician Clark Terry and a young pianist, will screen on June 25. Having opened to an emotional audience and rave reviews at Sundance, "Life Itself" chronicles the events of Ebert's life, ranging from his romances and friendship with Gene Siskel to his fight with cancer, and how he used the internet to maintain his voice even after his illness took it away. The film has been picked up for distribution by Magnolia Pictures for a July 4th theatrical release and CNN exclusive broadcast. James, who began working with Ebert before he became too weak to contribute, also directed the acclaimed "Hoop Dreams," a film Ebert championed, suggesting...
- 5/21/2014
- by Brandon Latham
- Indiewire
The Hamptons International Film Festival unveiled its sixth annual SummerDocs series, which will kick off with the Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself. Steve James' (Hoop Dreams) documentary about the late film critic will screen June 21 at Guild Hall in East Hampton. Alec Baldwin will lead a conversation with Ebert's widow Chaz Ebert as part of the screening. Exclusive: Roger Ebert Doc 'Life Itself' Lands at Magnolia The SummerDocs series will also feature Keep on Keepin' On, which chronicles the relationship between jazz legend Clark Terry and blind piano prodigy Justin Kaulfin. That film will screen July 25, also at Guild
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- 5/21/2014
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It began as a Kickstarter campaign, raising $43,406, and now Alan Hicks' documentary Keep On Keepin' On has won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and been picked up by Radius-twc for distribution later this year. Produced by Quincy Jones you know there is going to be an Oscar push for this one, which comes with the following synopsis: In his melodic debut, Australian director Hicks spent four years following the charming and sometimes poignant mentorship between jazz-legend Clark Terry and blind piano prodigy, Justin Kaulflin, during a pivotal moment in each of their lives. At eighty-nine years old, 'Ct' has played alongside Duke Ellington and Count Basie; his pupils include Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but his most unlikely friendship is with Justin, a 23-year-old with uncanny talent but debilitating nerves. As Justin prepares for a competition that could jumpstart his budding career, Ct's failing health threatens his own.
- 4/28/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Several stories from the Tribeca Film Festival by guest blogger Sharon Abella
Super Duper Alice Cooper: Spotlight at Tribeca Film Festival 2014
In the 80′s, if you wanted to attend a concert, you would either have to dial up on rotary phones to countless busy signals, Or else wait in line Overnight at the ticket outlet for a chance to see U2, Rush, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, or Bon Jovi. There was no point and click on ticketmaster or stubhub.com, and show up with a print out from your home computer option.
The “Godfather of Shock Rock,” Alice Cooper, who rumor had it, “bit the heads off of live chickens, cut up plastic baby dolls, and wore boa constrictors around his neck, was a parents worst nightmare.
This documentary breaks down just what was so bad or so good about Alice Cooper. Under all that make up, is a pussy cat. Born in Detroit, Mi, Vincent Damon Furnier (Alice Cooper), nearly died when his appendix burst at age 11. Thankfully, he lived, and he learned that life is a miracle. His family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, as they wanted their children to grow up in a healthier environment.
Later, Alice formed a band called “The Spiders,” and they gave L.A. a try. With all of La’s distractions like “Whiskey a Go-Go,” the bar where “The Doors” used to play, Alice knew the band had to be outrageous. Their music just wasn’t that good, and they needed a gimmick.
With new costumes, and Frank Zappa as a mentor, they kept at it, however, concert promoter, Bill Graham, said they “should either be actors or musicians, but they can’t do both at the same time on stage. This is not theater.”
Alice Cooper left La with his tail between his legs, however, did not give up. He refused to go back to being Vince, so they tried even more wilder gimmicks until it worked. Fire, blood, vaudeville, panties falling from the ceiling on to the crowd, chickens, dolls, boas, gothic appearances. Nothing was too crazy for them.
This documentary did, however, clear up the whole biting the head off of live chickens thing. It turns out, that Alice didn’t really bite the head off of a live chicken. They threw a live chicken into an audience full of hippies, and when they threw it back on stage, it was dead.
Interviewed live at the Tribeca Film Festival,
The Alice Cooper shared with me,
“My whole life has been a doc op. Super Duper Alice Cooper is a very theatrical documentary. It goes just beyond documentary. It’s as theatrical as the character I play. What shocks Me, Alice Cooper? How anemic rock is right now. There needs to be more rock and roll out there.”
“Keep on Keepin’ On” Documentary about Jazz Legend, Clark Terry (Trumpeter)
The jazz performance at the end of the movie and music event exclusive for Amex card members, for the film entitled, Keep on Keepin’ On on Saturday night, April 19, 2014, may have been in the top 10, if not the #1 event, from the highlights of the Tribeca Film Festival since it’s inception. Five beautiful jazz songs were performed by a myriad of artists, one of whom being, a student of Clark Terry’s, Justin Kauflin, on piano.
First time film director from Australia, Alan Hicks, and ‘his mate’ Adam Hart, started documenting “Keep on Keepin’ On” five years go, and the great Quincy Jones came on as a producer.
Clark Terry is a jazz musician (trumpeter) with a career spanning over seventy years. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and wanted to play the trumpet so badly, that he made one himself out of a lead pipe (mouthpiece), and a funnel (bell). His neighbors couldn’t stand the noise that the makeshift horn made, so they collected $12.50 and bought one from the pawn shop. His first big break was when he was hired by Count Basie, and then as the first black staff musician at NBC. He went on to play with and/or teach some of the jazz greats, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, and Quincy Jones. In fact, Quincy Jones was Clark Terry’s first student, and Clark left the Duke Ellington band to join Quincy Jones eleven years later. He has been inducted into the Jazz at Lincoln Center Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, and rewarded with the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He has two Grammy certificates, and three Grammy nominations.
Clark or (C.T.), believes in mentoring and giving back to the community. He stated, “my dreams of playing the horn came true, and now it is my turn to make others’ dreams come true.” C.T. has taken countless students under his wing, one of whom, mentioned earlier, is Justin Kauflin.
Justin lost his vision from exudative retinopathy when he was in the sixth grade. Knowing he was unable to play video games or basketball anymore, he sat down at the piano and fell in love with it. While practicing to be a jazz pianist, he said to his mother, ‘I wish something bad would happen to me so I could play the piano like the famous jazz musicians.’ His mom would hesitantly say, ‘Honey, you just lost your sight, isn’t that bad enough.’ and Justin replied, ‘Naw, what these guys went through is much worse.’
C.T. has had diabetes for over 60 years, and as a result, has been losing his vision too. Justin and Clark could relate to one another in that regard.
Clark Terry’s advise,
“You have to have a desire to excel.”
“You have to want to play better than everybody else.”
“Other students don’t study themselves. You have to know your shortcomings and work on them.”
“Whatever you are doing, do it well.”
“Find your own voice.”
“Don’t copy.”
“If someone believes in you, it makes you believe in yourself more.”
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq a film by Guillaume Nicloux (France)
Special Jury Mention: The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (L’enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq) directed by Guillaume Nicloux (France). The announcement was made by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal
Best Screenplay –The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq, written and directed by Guillaume Nicloux (France). Winner receives $5,000 sponsored by DreamWorks Animation. The award was given by Bart Freundlich.
Jury Comments: “This screenwriter put a bodybuilder, a gypsy, a prostitute, and a world renowned poet in handcuffs at a dinner table and made it feel right. When a film’s language feels so natural as to make the viewer completely forget that a screenplay was written, the writer deserves special acknowledgement.”
Award winning author, filmmaker, and poet, Michel Houllebecq, went missing on September 16, 2011. So began the controversy about this controversial writer. Was it a kidnapping, was he delusional, or was it planned? You may ask, ‘how can this be a comedy?’
This comedy/drama begins with Michel (played by himself), as an older, mellow writer walking around town, running errands and nonchalantly chatting with his neighbors. As he gets back home, and off the elevator to open his apartment door, three large men follow him inside, put tape over his mouth, ask him to hold the front page of the newspaper, take a polaroid photo of him, and transport him about an hour away to a French suburb.
When he gets to their house, he finds himself handcuffed to a bed, and hesitant to call for help to tend to his basic needs, for example, to smoke, use the bathroom and read. Flabbergasted, he quickly learns that the kidnappers are extremely nice to him. Catering to his every need, they invite him to eat with them at the dinner table, they smoke cigarettes and held conversations together, and even held birthday parties wearing fun party masks. Showing their faces, they admitted to Michel who they were and why they did what they did. One admitted to being a gypsy, another, a body builder, another, a call girl, and an older married Polish couple whose house it is. Patiently awaiting ransom money from the President of France, Francois Hollande, they sit and shoot the breeze.
Do they get the ransom money? Do they let Michel go?
Article by Sharon Abella
http://1worldcinema.com
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Super Duper Alice Cooper: Spotlight at Tribeca Film Festival 2014
In the 80′s, if you wanted to attend a concert, you would either have to dial up on rotary phones to countless busy signals, Or else wait in line Overnight at the ticket outlet for a chance to see U2, Rush, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, or Bon Jovi. There was no point and click on ticketmaster or stubhub.com, and show up with a print out from your home computer option.
The “Godfather of Shock Rock,” Alice Cooper, who rumor had it, “bit the heads off of live chickens, cut up plastic baby dolls, and wore boa constrictors around his neck, was a parents worst nightmare.
This documentary breaks down just what was so bad or so good about Alice Cooper. Under all that make up, is a pussy cat. Born in Detroit, Mi, Vincent Damon Furnier (Alice Cooper), nearly died when his appendix burst at age 11. Thankfully, he lived, and he learned that life is a miracle. His family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, as they wanted their children to grow up in a healthier environment.
Later, Alice formed a band called “The Spiders,” and they gave L.A. a try. With all of La’s distractions like “Whiskey a Go-Go,” the bar where “The Doors” used to play, Alice knew the band had to be outrageous. Their music just wasn’t that good, and they needed a gimmick.
With new costumes, and Frank Zappa as a mentor, they kept at it, however, concert promoter, Bill Graham, said they “should either be actors or musicians, but they can’t do both at the same time on stage. This is not theater.”
Alice Cooper left La with his tail between his legs, however, did not give up. He refused to go back to being Vince, so they tried even more wilder gimmicks until it worked. Fire, blood, vaudeville, panties falling from the ceiling on to the crowd, chickens, dolls, boas, gothic appearances. Nothing was too crazy for them.
This documentary did, however, clear up the whole biting the head off of live chickens thing. It turns out, that Alice didn’t really bite the head off of a live chicken. They threw a live chicken into an audience full of hippies, and when they threw it back on stage, it was dead.
Interviewed live at the Tribeca Film Festival,
The Alice Cooper shared with me,
“My whole life has been a doc op. Super Duper Alice Cooper is a very theatrical documentary. It goes just beyond documentary. It’s as theatrical as the character I play. What shocks Me, Alice Cooper? How anemic rock is right now. There needs to be more rock and roll out there.”
“Keep on Keepin’ On” Documentary about Jazz Legend, Clark Terry (Trumpeter)
The jazz performance at the end of the movie and music event exclusive for Amex card members, for the film entitled, Keep on Keepin’ On on Saturday night, April 19, 2014, may have been in the top 10, if not the #1 event, from the highlights of the Tribeca Film Festival since it’s inception. Five beautiful jazz songs were performed by a myriad of artists, one of whom being, a student of Clark Terry’s, Justin Kauflin, on piano.
First time film director from Australia, Alan Hicks, and ‘his mate’ Adam Hart, started documenting “Keep on Keepin’ On” five years go, and the great Quincy Jones came on as a producer.
Clark Terry is a jazz musician (trumpeter) with a career spanning over seventy years. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and wanted to play the trumpet so badly, that he made one himself out of a lead pipe (mouthpiece), and a funnel (bell). His neighbors couldn’t stand the noise that the makeshift horn made, so they collected $12.50 and bought one from the pawn shop. His first big break was when he was hired by Count Basie, and then as the first black staff musician at NBC. He went on to play with and/or teach some of the jazz greats, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, and Quincy Jones. In fact, Quincy Jones was Clark Terry’s first student, and Clark left the Duke Ellington band to join Quincy Jones eleven years later. He has been inducted into the Jazz at Lincoln Center Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, and rewarded with the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He has two Grammy certificates, and three Grammy nominations.
Clark or (C.T.), believes in mentoring and giving back to the community. He stated, “my dreams of playing the horn came true, and now it is my turn to make others’ dreams come true.” C.T. has taken countless students under his wing, one of whom, mentioned earlier, is Justin Kauflin.
Justin lost his vision from exudative retinopathy when he was in the sixth grade. Knowing he was unable to play video games or basketball anymore, he sat down at the piano and fell in love with it. While practicing to be a jazz pianist, he said to his mother, ‘I wish something bad would happen to me so I could play the piano like the famous jazz musicians.’ His mom would hesitantly say, ‘Honey, you just lost your sight, isn’t that bad enough.’ and Justin replied, ‘Naw, what these guys went through is much worse.’
C.T. has had diabetes for over 60 years, and as a result, has been losing his vision too. Justin and Clark could relate to one another in that regard.
Clark Terry’s advise,
“You have to have a desire to excel.”
“You have to want to play better than everybody else.”
“Other students don’t study themselves. You have to know your shortcomings and work on them.”
“Whatever you are doing, do it well.”
“Find your own voice.”
“Don’t copy.”
“If someone believes in you, it makes you believe in yourself more.”
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq a film by Guillaume Nicloux (France)
Special Jury Mention: The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (L’enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq) directed by Guillaume Nicloux (France). The announcement was made by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal
Best Screenplay –The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq, written and directed by Guillaume Nicloux (France). Winner receives $5,000 sponsored by DreamWorks Animation. The award was given by Bart Freundlich.
Jury Comments: “This screenwriter put a bodybuilder, a gypsy, a prostitute, and a world renowned poet in handcuffs at a dinner table and made it feel right. When a film’s language feels so natural as to make the viewer completely forget that a screenplay was written, the writer deserves special acknowledgement.”
Award winning author, filmmaker, and poet, Michel Houllebecq, went missing on September 16, 2011. So began the controversy about this controversial writer. Was it a kidnapping, was he delusional, or was it planned? You may ask, ‘how can this be a comedy?’
This comedy/drama begins with Michel (played by himself), as an older, mellow writer walking around town, running errands and nonchalantly chatting with his neighbors. As he gets back home, and off the elevator to open his apartment door, three large men follow him inside, put tape over his mouth, ask him to hold the front page of the newspaper, take a polaroid photo of him, and transport him about an hour away to a French suburb.
When he gets to their house, he finds himself handcuffed to a bed, and hesitant to call for help to tend to his basic needs, for example, to smoke, use the bathroom and read. Flabbergasted, he quickly learns that the kidnappers are extremely nice to him. Catering to his every need, they invite him to eat with them at the dinner table, they smoke cigarettes and held conversations together, and even held birthday parties wearing fun party masks. Showing their faces, they admitted to Michel who they were and why they did what they did. One admitted to being a gypsy, another, a body builder, another, a call girl, and an older married Polish couple whose house it is. Patiently awaiting ransom money from the President of France, Francois Hollande, they sit and shoot the breeze.
Do they get the ransom money? Do they let Michel go?
Article by Sharon Abella
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Weinstein boutique label RADiUS-twc has acquired both worldwide rights and remake rights for director Al Hicks' music doc "Keep On Keepin' On," winner of the Audience Award at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. Do we have the next "20 Feet From Stardom" in our midst? Produced by Paula DuPre' Pesman ("The Cove," "Chasing Ice") and seven-time Oscar nominee Quincy Jones, the film also picked up Tribeca's Best New Documentary Director prize for first-timer Hicks. Funded partly on Kickstarter, the film spans four years in the lives of jazz legend and pioneer Clark Terry and Justin Kaulflin, a blind piano prodigy. As Kaulflin prepares for a career-altering competition, Terry's health begins to wane, and these pivotal moments become the center of an inspirational and iconic story. The acquisition of "Keep On Keepin' On" was inked by RADiUS Evp Dan Guando and co-presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego. RADiUS has been busily picking up...
- 4/28/2014
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