Tribute to Jaco Pastorius by the WDR Big Band at the 33. Leverkusener Jazztage 2012, Germany. WDR BIG BAND conducted by VINCE MENDOZA plays Jaco Pastorius compositions. VICTOR BAILEY - bass / PETER ERSKINE - drums / RHANI KRIJA - percussions / FRANK CHASTENIER - Piano / PAUL SHIGIHARA - Guitar / WOODWINDS: Johan Horlen, Karolina Strassmayer, Olivier Peters, Paul Heller, Jens Neufang / TRUMPETS: Wim Both, Rob Bruynen, Andy Haderer, John Marshall / TROMBONES: Ludwig Nuss, Marshall Gilkes, Andy Hunter, Mattis Cederberg --- 1. Come On, Come Over 2. Liberty City 3. God Morning Anya 4. Teen Town 5. Reza 6. Three Views Of A Secret 7. Domingo 8. Do You Know Who (solo Victor Bailey)
Tribute to Jaco Pastorius by the WDR Big Band at the 33. Leverkusener Jazztage 2012, Germany. WDR BIG BAND conducted by VINCE MENDOZA plays Jaco Pastorius compositions. VICTOR BAILEY - bass / PETER ERSKINE - drums / RHANI KRIJA - percussions / FRANK CHASTENIER - Piano / PAUL SHIGIHARA - Guitar / WOODWINDS: Johan Horlen, Karolina Strassmayer, Olivier Peters, Paul Heller, Jens Neufang / TRUMPETS: Wim Both, Rob Bruynen, Andy Haderer, John Marshall / TROMBONES: Ludwig Nuss, Marshall Gilkes, Andy Hunter, Mattis Cederberg --- 1. Come On, Come Over 2. Liberty City 3. God Morning Anya 4. Teen Town 5. Reza 6. Three Views Of A Secret 7. Domingo 8. Do You Know Who (solo Victor Bailey)
2012-05-13
8.2
Rise Against playing live at the Area 4 festival in Germany. Date: 21/08/09 - 23/08/09 01. Collapse 02. State of the Union 03. Re-Education 04. Paper Wings 05. Long Forgotten Sons 06. The Good left Undone 07. Chamber the Cartridge 08. Drones 09. The Dirt whispered 10. Audience of One 11. Blood to bleed 12. Savior 13. Survive 14. Prayer of the Refugee 15. Swing life away 16. Hero of War 17. Dancing for Rain 18. Blood-red, white and blue 19. Give it all 20. Ready to fall
Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.
Biography of the award-winning Argentinian leftist filmmaker Raymundo Gleyzer, who was kidnapped by the CIA-backed military junta in 1976 at the age of 35. Features extensive clips from his movies as well as interviews with the people who knew him.
Inès shares her apartment with Laura. Everything would be perfect if she had not fallen in love with her.
Digital animation based on the additive synthesis RGB (red-green-blue) color model-the primary colors of light.
This documentary let us to relive the challenge of the men behind the 1967 Universal Exposition in Montréal, Canada. By searching trough 80,000 archival documents at the national Archives, they managed to bring light on one of the biggest logistical and political challenges that were faced by organizers during the "Révolution Tranquille" in the Québec sixties. Includes the accounts of the Chief of Advertising Yves Jasmin, and businessman Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien.
The soon-to-be Monk Talkative does his best to understand when Fairy Yeh explains what must be done. Rabbit spirits have escaped from the heavenly garden, and must be recaptured. These bunnies can assume human female form, and gorgeous forms at that. One is played by Pang Dan, who happens to be the soon-to-be Monk Talkative's wife. Talkative finds the explanation hard to follow but decides to help.
Tokis tribe expects him to bring home the head of the biggest animal possible. In return, he will receive honor and respect. However, this rite of passage does not turn out as planned. With the help of a colorful new friend, he achieves something much bigger.
Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.
In this family-friendly adventure, two teens must put their rivalry aside and join forces to stop notorious bandits and survive the brutal wilderness known as the Treasure State.
Barnaby and Maxine Pierce, an embattled married couple in Connecticut, are on the verge of divorce. Their son is getting married in California and they decide to drive across the country to attend. Along the way, as they visit family and friends, they reflect on their tattered relationship and the events that transpired to create the estrangement.
Bobby, a young hospice caretaker, and his elderly cancer patient Geraldine have formed a deeply honest and beautiful connection with each other as she lays on her deathbed moments away from the end. But are Bobby and Geraldine simply just friends or is it actually something more?
Atmospheric short based on the aesthetics of Dreyer.
Known for his unmistakable cascading strings and recordings such as Charmaine, Mantovani enthralled the world with his sublime arrangements. This is the story of the man and his music.
A look at the fashion icon that was Karl Lagerfeld, one of the most flamboyant and recognisable figures in fashion - and one of the most mysterious. His influence was immeasurable, from the Chanel catwalk to the high street - but how many people ever really knew the real Karl Lagerfeld? Weaving investigations in the present with Lagerfeld’s biography – illustrated by illuminating and much unseen archive footage – this film shows his profound and lasting effect on those around him, including his beloved cat Choupette.
American spies discover the Chinese have built a weapon capable of destroying planet Earth, a "doomsday machine" if you will, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days. Will the human race survive?
"Comping (an abbreviation of accompanying) is a term used in jazz music to describe the chords, rhythms, and countermelodies that keyboard players (piano or organ) or guitar players use to support a jazz musician's improvised solo or melody lines. The term is also used for the action of accompanying, and for left hand part of a solo pianist."
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Musical performers put on a show in a pawn shop to convince a man to give them the money they need to buy back their instruments.
In this entertaining Puppetoon animated short film, a young boy, Jasper, gets trapped inside a pawnshop at midnight. All the musical instruments come to life and play jazz. A whooping wooden Indian chief self-animates as well, and goes on the warpath.
Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City.
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
Bizet's Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations.
Two musical stars from the golden age of Hollywood get a second chance at rekindling their love in the modern world.
In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.
A chronological look at the life and career of jazz musician, composer, and performer Dave Brubeck (1920-2012 ), presented through contemporary interviews, archival footage of interviews and performances, and commentary by family, fellow musicians, and aficionados. Emphases include his mother's influence, his wife's invention of college tours, his skill as an accompanist, the great quartet (with Desmond, Morello, and Wright), his ability to find musical ideas everywhere, his orchestral compositions, his religious conversion, and his unflagging sweet nature.
Steely Dan has not had a new studio album in twenty years--"Two Against Nature" was worth the wait! This concert, recorded live in New York at the Sony Studios, contains new songs as well as classic hits from the minds of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. Together, they deliver a unique music experience that is truly unforgettable. Songs: Green Earrings, Cousin Dupree, Bad Sneakers, Janie Runaway, Josie, FM, Gaslighting Abbie, Black Friday, Babylon Sisters, Kid Charlemagne, Jack of Speed, Peg, What a Shame About Me, Pretzel Logic.
When the Lutheran pastor Roland retires, the young priest Roll shall replace him. He plays the trumpet, loves Jazz and his methods are unconventional: From the first day on he offends the village's notables, but he doesn't care so much since he especially targets the youths, wants them to get back to the church again. However the mayor agitates against him, manages to endanger Roll's success. The conflict leads to vandalism and open violence against Roll.
A collectively made filmic opera in 35 parts. The Black and predominantly queer art collective, an evolving line up of poets and artists from across the world, abstracts and reimagines opera in any traditional conception. Set to hip-hop, blues, noise, R&B and electronica, the piece uses the voice (chanting, singing, screaming; written by poet and activist Dawn Lundy Martin) as its primary tool, verbalising centuries of alienation, vulnerability and protest in the global African diaspora through its disruptive libretto.
Chart-topping jazz trumpeter Chris Botti and special guests performed two star-studded concerts at the historic Boston Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on September 18 and 19, 2008. Special guests include Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Me, John Mayer, Katharine McPhee, Lucia Micarelli, Sting and Steven Tyler.