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They Shot the Piano Player Review: The Musical Mystery of Tenório Júnior

by Marc Glassman
March 15, 2024
Reviews

They Shot the Piano Player, an animated film directed by Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal uncovers the disappearance of Tenório Júnior.

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Soundtrack to a Coup d’État Review: Revolution, But Make It Jazz

by Jason Gorber
January 29, 2024
Reviews/Sundance

Johan Grimonprez's Soundtrack to a Coup d'État riffs on the history of the Congo amid the cold war with a jazzy tour through the archives.

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Fatih Akin on Crossing the Bridge, Istanbul, and Music Across Cultures

by Jason Gorber
December 9, 2023
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An interview with director Fatih Akin about his 2005 documentary Crossing the Bridge about the Turkish music scene and music that bridges cultures.

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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes Review – Playing to His Own Beat

by Jason Gorber
November 3, 2023
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes profiles the life and work of the drummer who showed that his instrument could do more than keep a beat.

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Rewind & Play Review: Play It Again, Thelonious

by Matthew Hays
November 17, 2022
Reviews/TIFF

RIDM opens its 2022 festival with Rewind & Play, a Thelonious Monk doc that features a jazzy clash of interview and archive.

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Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues Review: A Clear Toot

by Jason Gorber
September 15, 2022
Reviews/TIFF

With Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues, Sacha Jenkins delivers a definitive portrait of the iconic jazz musician in all his wonder and complexity.

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Jazz Fest Review: A Tale of Trumpets and Gumbo

by Marc Glassman
June 3, 2022
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Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern's Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story celebrates the sounds of a city, but the documentary doesn't really unpack how the event, like many others, has shifted away

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Bix and Brigitte Berman: restoring a jazz film classic

by Jason Gorber
December 7, 2021
Festivals/Interviews

Oscar winner Brigitte Berman discusses her newly restored documentary Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet and finding new audiences for the story of a jazz legend.

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Fire Music Review: A Labour of Love

by Marc Glassman
October 1, 2021
Reviews

Fire Music is a labour of love as director Tom Surgal passionately traces the history of free jazz.

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The Original Music Festival Documentary

by Marc Glassman
August 14, 2020
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Jazz on a Summer’s Day (USA, 85 min; 1959) Dir. Bert Stern and Aram Avakian Featuring: Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Anita O’Day, Thelonious Monk, Jack Teagarden, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton,

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