Sentences with phrase «from jazz legends»

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Far from your typical musical biopic, Born to Be Blue tells the tragic tale of jazz legend Chet Baker.

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And this year's programming once again presents a hodge - podge of movies that run the gamut from marquee - name Hollywood movies (Paramount's spring thriller A Quiet Place starring Emily Blunt is the opening - night selection) to mash notes from the digital underground, music docs on Southern rockers and free - jazz legends and a Mississippi native named Elvis, the usual midnight - movie psychotronica and a whole lot of beautifully unclassifiable missives from the margins.

Don Cheadle stars and directs this fluid biopic of jazz legend Miles Davis, in which the actor has distanced himself from the term «biopic» much like Davis moved away from the label of «jazz» — and the resulting film plays with the genre while delivering an entertaining insight into the mind of a troubled genius.

Drawing inspiration from classic jazz big bands, Muddy Waters, Fats Waller, James Brown and many other African and Afro American musical legends, Mwenso & The Shakes pack a fierce jazz and blues punch.

Part 4 — Cecil Taylor — from April 15 to 24 Jazz legend Cecil Taylor (b. 1929) will be celebrated in a series of collective live music performances, he will make together with friends and fellows, which will be the centerpiece of an exhibition dedicated to the history and art career of one of the most skilled, innovative and rule - breaking American musicians.

This exhibition from the collection of the National Portrait Gallery features Leonard's iconic images of jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk and Sarah Vaughan.

The property also provided lodging to various legends of the Jazz Age who were turned away from nearby hotels because of their race.