Sentences with phrase «jazz trumpeter»

This is the story of Chet Baker, the famous jazz trumpeter who in the mid 20th Century captivated jazz audiences and fellow musicians until his consumption with heroin destroyed him.

Born To Be Blue stars Ethan Hawke in a «re-imagining» of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's life in the 1960s.

It is about the troubled jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, shown making a tempestuous career comeback in the 1960s.

Graham channels legendary jazz trumpeter Davis in a reading that is so natural and true that listeners feel as if they are hearing the story from Davis himself.

In gravelly tones, Graham channels legendary jazz trumpeter Davis, enriching this profane, humorous, and insightful memoir.

His second child is named after the late jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, and Byrd's passing tonight resembles Davis's playing: It's fluid and calm.

It's the work of Terence Blanchard, the famous jazz trumpeter and film composer, best known in cinema circles for his collaborations with Spike Lee.

In this watchable biopic, the troubled jazz trumpeter makes a tempestuous comeback, embracing drugs, sex, fame — and music

The university's Cal Poly Arts organisation also presents a varied mix of performances — including well - known names like jazz trumpeter Branford Marsalis and the quirky Blue Man Group — throughout the year; most take place at the campus's Performing Arts Center.

The university's Cal Poly Arts organization also presents a varied mix of performances — including well - known names like jazz trumpeter Branford Marsalis and the quirky Blue Man Group — throughout the year; most take place at the campus's Performing Arts Center.

Mickey Rourke stars as a down - on - his - luck jazz trumpeter who flees into the desert after he sleeps with the wife of local gangster Bill Murray and ends up targeted for death.

The internationally renowned South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, whose music was an integral part of the soundtrack to the struggle against Apartheid, has passed away at the age of 78 following a battle against prostate cancer.

With a father who was a prominent jazz trumpeter, a grandmother who danced at The Cotton Club, and a grandfather who was a member of the Nat King Cole Trio, it may seem a given that actor Wren T. Brown would pursue a career in show business.

Jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (pictured) and rapper Kool A.D. will present the world premiere of their new chamber piece in St. Paul, Minn. in February.

I Called Him Morgan tells the story of jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and how his wife ended up murdering him.

Born To Be Blue tells the tragic story of legendary Cool Jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker — sort of.

Damien Chazelle may have scripted one of the more inadvertently humorous titles in recent memory («The Last Exorcism II»), but his heart is clearly in musicals, not comedy: «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench,» the fractured romance he wrote and directed in 2009, featured jazz trumpeter Jason Palmer, a buoyant score by Justin Hurwitz and cast members breaking into down - market dance numbers in the middle of a restaurant kitchen.

Sound choice: New Orleans jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard scored the film, and in the closing credits he gets a chance to let «er rip in the jazzy style local music fans know him for.

Hill has become one of the most in - demand jazz trumpeters in the Windy City.

As if to puncture the solemnity, an adjacent room is given over to jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's vibrant graphic scores, dating from 1968 to 2014, which adopted a system he termed — with reference to the ancient Egyptian word ankh, meaning life force — Ankhrasmation.

Born in Los Angeles, as a teenager he took music classes with jazz trumpeter Chet Baker and art classes at the Chouinard Art Institute.

A recent movie about the relationship between Clark Terry, the respected jazz trumpeter, and Justin Kauflin, a young blind jazz pianist, is a great introduction to the nature of a mentorship relationship.

Jazz trumpeter Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke) falls in love with his movie co-star Jane (Carmen Ejogo) in «Born to Be Blue.»

Legendary jazz trumpeter - vocalist Chet Baker invokes the line at two points in writer - director Robert Budreau's provocative «Born to Be Blue,» the film - within - a-film, improvisational anti-biopic starring Ethan Hawke as the embattled musician.

«That could make interactions between humans and machines a lot deeper,» said Grosser, who himself is a jazz trumpeter.

Some of his more notable work came from his collaboration with director Spike Lee; over the course of the 1990s, Washington starred in three of his films, playing a jazz trumpeter in Mo» Better Blues (1990), the title role in Lee's epic 1992 biopic Malcolm X (for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination), and the convict father of a high - school basketball star in He Got Game (1998).

«Miles Ahead,» actor - director Don Cheadle's unconventional film about the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, is odd and audacious — in other words, the kind of movie you should make if you're going to make a movie about the revolutionary and unconventional musician.

The new King Louie (Walken), ruler of the monkeys, may still sing «I Wan na Be Like You,» but he does so without the exaggerated mannerisms of a jazz trumpeter, a classic Disney moment perhaps not as painful as the crows in Dumbo, but unfortunate, nevertheless.

Rourke plays Nate, a jazz trumpeter who is somehow involved with gangsters; Rourke doesn't actually play any music here, and even the one or two music sequences shows him blowing into the horn, with no sound coming out.

IFC Films head Jonathan Sehring touted Hawke's performance in the «re-imagining» of the jazz trumpeter's life, as Born To Be Blue opened in three locations grossing $ 47,340 for a $ 15,780 PTA, the best of this weekend's Specialty openers.

While I can't say I immediately buy Rourke as a jazz trumpeter (yes, I'm stereotyping jazz trumpeters as not looking like the visibly beaten Rourke), I will admit to being intrigued by the clip for no other reason than it maintains a sense of subtlety in spite of the fact that Fox is sporting a pretty nifty set of wings (it's not like that, get your mind out of the gutter).

The film tells the story of a jazz trumpeter (Rourke) who falls in love with a carnival performer who is known for her wings (Fox).

When a jazz trumpeter is taken to the desert and a gun held to his head, we are at the beginning of a delightful fable about romance and dreams.

The film stars Mickey Rourke as a jazz trumpeter who falls in love with winged circus performance (Megan Fox).

Beatrice is populated with unforgettable characters: a jazz trumpeter from the Big Easy who cooks a mean gumbo, a teenage boy trapped in the body of a giant, a pretty schoolteacher who helps the young men in town learn about a lot more than just music, a minister who believes he has witnessed the Second Coming of Christ, and a malevolent, bicycle - riding dwarf.

The exhibition continues with the performance artwork Wake Up (Rising): on the staircase leading into the palazzo, a jazz trumpeter plays the military tune Reveille.