The latest album from saxophonist and composer Dan Blake, DaFe, opens with a bizarre piano solo titled “Prologue—A New Normal.” The track is meant to warn of the world ahead of us if we don’t act on climate change. Blake’s warning is just the tip of his activism: Since 2015,Read More →
Vinyl is back! Every month on “Vinyl Watch”, we list some of the most notable new vinyl releases – including new albums, reissues, special edition box sets and more. At JAZZIZ, we share the vinyl community’s appreciation of the experience of collecting and playing vinyl records. As more and moreRead More →
By JOHN STATON, Wilmington StarNews WILMINGTON, NC (AP) — When it comes to jazz, legendary label Blue Note has long represented the pinnacle of musical form, releasing albums by John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and many other jazz icons. Earlier this year, Wilmington-based composer and percussionist Joe Chambers –Read More →
Tenor saxophonist Jermaine Lockhart doesn’t just talk to animals. He also plays music for them at the Phoenix-area farm where he resides with his family. When he practices outdoors at home, his audience is made up of sheep, goats, chickens and ducks. “They are definitely curious,” he says Phoenix NewRead More →
by Best Classic Bands Staff Photo of the Bee Gees via HBO 2020s The Bee Gees: How to mend a broken heart, a feature-length documentary about the legendary group, was nominated for six Emmy Awards. The film, from HBO Documentary Films, chronicles the rise of the iconic trio, consisting ofRead More →
Click to enlarge Picture: provided Promotional image for the boys in red hats An infamous incident involving a major Cincinnati high school will consider its transition from social media notoriety to the money screen when new investigative documentary The boys in red hats Premieres July 16. The film covers theRead More →
Billy Tipton was someone in No ordinary man respectfully refers to a “regional jazz musician”. In the mid-1930s, he led a band that performed on radio stations and at Elks Lodges, Air Force bases, and nightclubs, first in his hometown of Oklahoma City, then in various parts of the country.Read More →
In an excerpt from this recorded session, included in the film, a voice identified as that of a Santa Rosa Police Department detective is heard assuring Gelhaus that he was being interviewed as a “victim”. Members of Lopez’s family were interviewed the same day at Santa Rosa Police Department headquarters,Read More →
Tulsa, Oklahoma.– Circle Cinema will host NBA legend and Tulsa native John Starks with JD3TV president and award-winning producer Leigh Simons for screenings of new documentary “Keep Shooting: The John Starks Story” as part of the 2021 Circle Cinema Film Festival presented by JD3TV. The film will screen Thursday, JulyRead More →
Trafalgar Liberation brings Dear Rodeo: The Cody Johnson Story at the cinema this summer COJO Music/Warner Music Nashville and Trafalgar Releasing are proud to announce the release of a theatrical event for Dear Rodeo: The Cody Johnson Story, with limited screenings starting August 10. The film, from rising country musicRead More →
“If I could tune in right away, I would,” said Dawn Porter in one of the many enthusiastic testimonials sprinkled throughout Full Frame’s “The Creative Power of BIPOC Editors,” an online launch/celebration. from the BIPOC documentary publishers database. Expertly edited (surprise surprise), the quick event (about an hour) took placeRead More →
Johannes Wallmann got the recording for his new jazz album “Elegy For An Undiscovered Species” just under the wire. The director of jazz studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison gathered 14 musicians, including a string section, at the Hamel Music Center for a week in late February 2020 to recordRead More →
People often ask me for my opinion on what a good LP is to start getting into jazz. I mean, a lot of people have absorbed “Kind Of Blue” even if they don’t know it, and “A Love Supreme” might be a bit too much for a neophyte, so IRead More →
The award-winning documentary “Linda and the Mockingbirds” – featuring legendary Bay Area legend Linda Ronstadt and Los Cenzontles – is set to finally make its theatrical debut this month. The film will premiere on the big screen on July 18 at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco. But it’s aRead More →