Sentences with phrase «by jazz drummer»
He studied fine art and graphic design in the late 1960s, then in 1971 — 72 participated as guitarist and flautist in the first improvisation workshops led by jazz drummer John Stevens.
http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/ Not exact matches
Synopsis: A talented young jazz drummer experiences a trial by fire when he's recruited by a ferocious instructor whose unyielding search for perfection may... [MORE]
But the film — the story a young jazz drummer (Miles Teller) who attends one of the best music schools in the country under the tutelage of the school's fearsome maestro of jazz played by J.K. Simmons — would have to be a breakout hit to make the increasingly mainstream ranks of Oscar's big category.
Talking about his new film Whiplash in which he plays an aspiring jazz drummer who's both tortured and inspired by his brilliant teacher, Teller tells W, «When I first read Whiplash, I was feeling dead inside.
The film stars Miles Teller as a talented young jazz drummer who is pushed past his potential by a drill sergeant - like instructor (J.K. Simmons).
Unusually for his generation, Andrew is fascinated by jazz greats such as Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington: a photo of Buddy Rich holds pride of place on his bedroom wall, and he dreams of emulating the great drummer's exploits.
A pedagogical thriller and an emotional S&M two - hander, Whiplash is brilliantly acted by Miles Teller as an eager jazz drummer at a highly competitive music academy and J.K. Simmons as the teacher whose method of terrorizing his students is beyond questionable even when it gets results.
Shot in just over two weeks, the second feature from 29 - year - old writer - director Damien Chazelle stars Miles Teller as Andrew, a gifted jazz drummer seduced into a world of punishing exactitude by his brutal conservatoire teacher, Terrence Fletcher (Simmons).
He meets his match, or possibly his ideal pupil, in the form of Andrew, a would - be jazz drummer played with self - possession and flair by Miles Teller.
Whiplash, the overwhelmingly riveting second feature from young (born 1985) writer / director Damien Chazelle (Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench) opens with a scene of an aspiring jazz drummer, Andrew — played with searing commitment by rising star Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now)-- rehearsing in an empty studio space.
Miles Teller is outstanding as the driven trainee - jazz drummer protagonist, but his show's nevertheless almost stolen by J.K. Simmons» incendiary turn as his bullying mentor Fletcher, making «not quite my tempo» one of the most terrifying lines of the year.
Teller plays an aspiring jazz drummer who is at odds with his intimidating instructor, played by J.K. Simmons.
The narrators are a member of a doomsday cult who releases poison gas in a subway in Tokyo, and details his retreat to Okinawa and a small nearby island, Kume - jima; a jazz aficionado who works as a sales clerk in a Tokyo music store; a lawyer in a financial institution in Hong Kong who has been moving large sums of money from a certain account; a woman who owns a Tea Shack on China's Holy Mountain and speaks to a tree; a non-corporeal sentient entity which is searching for who or what it is; a gallery attendant in Petersburg who is involved in an art theft scam; a ghostwriter / drummer living in London who saves a woman from being run over by a taxi; an Irish nuclear physicist who quits her job when she finds her research is being used for military purposes; and a late night radio talkback DJ who finds himself fielding calls from an intriguing caller referring to himself as the zookeeper.
Concert: David Virelles at Jazz Standard On Gnosis, the full - length album on ECM Records from Cuban - born pianist David Virelles in collaboration with the drummer Román Díaz and the Nosotros Ensemble, traditional Afro - Cuban rhythms are cut with more dissonant musical gestures informed by contemporary improv and classical music.
Both Woelffer and McChesney were using intuitive means to make their abstractions, and both were deeply influenced by indigenous art, especially works from Africa and the Americas, as well as improv - based musical forms, especially jazz — both men were drummers.
He then convened a group of Columbus teenagers to train as puppeteers in order to present Every Beat of My Heart (a story from the Rythm Mastr narrative sequence) as a live performance in the Wexner Center galleries with musical accompaniment by acclaimed jazz drummer Kahil El» Zabar.
In this art - making workshop led by artist Mark Joshua Epstein, visitors are invited to create collages with a variety of media in response to a live performance by the preeminent jazz drummer Andrew Cyrille.
A keen drummer, he was a member and with Frank Wollny co-founder of the free jazz group Triple Trip Touch (aka T.T.T. or TTT) and took every opportunity to play with some of the best Jazz musicians of the late 1980s including Butch Morris, Frank Wright, Billy Bang, Louis Moholo and Frank Lowe, organising events at his country mansion in Heimbach in 1990 involving installations by Lennie Lee, performances by Anna Homler and paintings by Christine Kjazz group Triple Trip Touch (aka T.T.T. or TTT) and took every opportunity to play with some of the best Jazz musicians of the late 1980s including Butch Morris, Frank Wright, Billy Bang, Louis Moholo and Frank Lowe, organising events at his country mansion in Heimbach in 1990 involving installations by Lennie Lee, performances by Anna Homler and paintings by Christine KJazz musicians of the late 1980s including Butch Morris, Frank Wright, Billy Bang, Louis Moholo and Frank Lowe, organising events at his country mansion in Heimbach in 1990 involving installations by Lennie Lee, performances by Anna Homler and paintings by Christine Kuhn.
Location: Floor Three, Susan and John Hess Family Theater In this art - making workshop led by artist Mark Joshua Epstein, visitors are invited to create collages with a variety of media in response to a live performance by the preeminent jazz drummer Andrew Cyrille.
Founded during the spring of 2009 as a means to procrastinate while preparing for his doctoral candidacy exam, this blog is maintained by Canadian Jazz drummer and educator Jon McCaslin.