The ‘Assassins’ movie poster is set to hit theaters from August (Watcha-The Coup-Kth) The 104-minute documentary film about the 2017 murder case of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, has been approved as an art film after reevaluation by the South Korean Film Authority. Korean. The film’s localRead More →
Salah Ragab: military commander by day, jazz musician by night Members of the Cairo Jazz Band with Salah Ragab. Source: Interstellar medium Imagine someone walking into a music store, grabbing “Ramadan In Space Time” and getting into the shazam. For someone who doesn’t know who Salah Ragab is, hisRead More →
picture by Iceland Documentary Film Festival Documentary lovers, listen up! If you’re wondering what to do from June 23 to June 27 and you’re heavily invested in documentaries, you should check out the Iceland Documentary Film Festival. The festival is in its third edition this year and takes place inRead More →
The Sundance Institute announced the latest round of beneficiaries of its Documentary Fund. Eighteen projects at different stages of development received a total of $590,000, funded by various institutional and individual donors. The grants do not come with any restrictions on use. Past films supported by the fund include HaleRead More →
Blue Note Records has finally released details of the upcoming box set of Lee Morgan, cover the star Jazzwise 260 and is the subject of an in-depth article by Stuart Nicholson in the same issue. The late trumpet legend’s complete engagement (three nights, 12 sets) at the Lighthouse in HermosaRead More →
Jazz Week is your roundup of new and remarkable stories from the world of jazz. It’s a one-stop destination for music news you need to know. Let’s take it from the top. Remarkable The winners of the 2021 Blues Music Awards are announced: The Blues Foundation announced the winners ofRead More →
Lee Morgan – one of WBGO’s Top 100 Artists, selected by our listeners – was a trumpeter who fronted his share of combustible bands. When his Live at the lighthouse was first reissued in the United States in 1996, many listeners had their first encounter with his 1970 working group,Read More →
Blue Note Records has announced an extensive reissue of the historic double live album Living at the Lighthouse by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan. Expected release July 30 Lee Morgan: The Complete Live at the Lighthousepresents for the very first time the 12 sets of music the legendary trumpeter quintet featuringRead More →