Sentences with phrase «of jazz pianist»

The film, from «Whiplash» director Damien Chazelle, tells the love story of a jazz pianist and an aspiring actor.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig have recently discovered that these capabilities are embedded in a much more finely - tuned way than previously assumed — and even differ depending on the style of the music: They observed that the brain activity of jazz pianists differs from those of classical pianists, even when playing the same piece of music.

Not exact matches

Romantic musical «La La Land,» the tale of a struggling actress and a jazz pianist in Los Angeles, went into the Oscars with a leading 14 nominations and emerged with six, including for its score and theme song «City of Stars.»

Renowned Jazz pianist and longtime Riverdale resident Billy Taylor died of heart failure on Dec. 28, at the age of 89.

This year's concerts will be dedicated to jazz pianist Horace Silver, who passed away in June at the age of 85, the event's website said.

Thereby, different procedures may have established in their brains while playing the piano which makes switching between the styles more difficult,» says Daniela Sammler, neuroscientist at MPI CBS and leader of the current study about the different brain activities in jazz and classical pianists.

«Miles Davis is not Mozart: The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently: Even when playing the same piece of music.»

When the scientists asked the pianists to play a harmonically unexpected chord within a standard chord progression, the jazz pianists» brains started to replan the actions faster than those of the classical pianists.

The scientists investigated these relations in 30 professional pianists; half of them were specialized in jazz for at least two years, the other half were classically trained.

The day of the party, Danny's friends arrive — a famous movie star (Sally Kellerman); a pop singer named Blue (Stephen Bishop); a jazz pianist (David Frishberg); a sophisticated continental woman named Yelena (Oja Kodar); and, bringing up the rear and ensconced in the back of the theater, Danny's Friend (Orson Welles).

A jazz pianist (Jerry Lewis) makes a discovery after the death of his wife that causes him to believe his sixty - five year marriage was a lie.

In the final shot of Dario Argento's Profondo Rosso (Deep Red, 1975), the amateur detective / jazz pianist Marcus Daly (David Hemmings) stares icily at his own reflection in a pool of still - warm blood.

March 3, 2017 • One of the most popular stylists in contemporary jazz, the pianist joined Marian McPartland for a 1985 session.

Movie review of «Max Rose»: Jerry Lewis, who recently turned 90, is back with this story about a bitter, recently widowed jazz pianist.

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The Wrap writes, ««La La Land» is a two - hander that follows a pair of dreamers — aspiring actress Mia, who's lonely desperate to fit in, and cocky yet charismatic jazz pianist Sebastian — who fall in love in Los Angeles.

(In Bengali with subtitles) Chico & Rita (Unrated) Oscar - nominated animated feature, set in Cuba in 1948, about the turbulent love affair of a talented jazz pianist (Eman Xor Ona) and a beautiful bolero singer (Limara Meneses).

There's aspiring actress Mia (Stone) who is lonely and trying to fit in to a confusing new city, and cocky, charismatic jazz pianist Sebastian, who learns that juggling a relationship and art in the unforgiving City of Angels is no easy task.

Two pieces of casting to report: Zoe Saldana will play legendary jazz vocalist / pianist Nina Simone in the biopic Nina, written and directed by Cynthia Mort (Tell Me You Love Me).

The «untitled Nina Simone project» — which has been in the works for several years but was on hold until now due to lack of funding — will tell the story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist who became known as the «High Priestess of Soul,» including her rise to fame, her role in the Civil Rights movement, and her relationship with her manager.

Extras: Interview from 2005 with Moreau; archival interviews with Moreau, Malle, actor Maurice Ronet, and original soundtrack session pianist René Urtreger; footage of Miles Davis and Malle from the soundtrack recording session; program from 2005 about the score featuring jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and critic Gary Giddins; Malle's student film «Crazeologie,» featuring Charlie Parker's song «Crazeology»; trailers; a booklet featuring an essay by critic Terrence Rafferty, an interview with Malle, and a tribute by film producer Vincent Malle.

Fats Domino: Remembering a Rock and Roll Pioneer — David A. Graham eulogizes the pianist and singer, who died at 98, as one of the few remaining links to the era when jazz, blues, boogie, and R&B were melding to form a new genre.

Extras: New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano; new introduction by Giddins; new interview with musician and pianist Michael Feinstein; four new video essays by authors and archivists James Layton and David Pierce on the development and making of «King of Jazz»; deleted scenes and alternate opening - title sequence; «All Americans,» a 1929 short film featuring a version of the «Melting Pot» number that was restaged for the finale of «King of Jazz»; «I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket,» a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra; two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from «King of Jazz.&rajazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano; new introduction by Giddins; new interview with musician and pianist Michael Feinstein; four new video essays by authors and archivists James Layton and David Pierce on the development and making of «King of Jazz»; deleted scenes and alternate opening - title sequence; «All Americans,» a 1929 short film featuring a version of the «Melting Pot» number that was restaged for the finale of «King of Jazz»; «I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket,» a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra; two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from «King of Jazz.&raJazz»; deleted scenes and alternate opening - title sequence; «All Americans,» a 1929 short film featuring a version of the «Melting Pot» number that was restaged for the finale of «King of Jazz»; «I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket,» a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra; two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from «King of Jazz.&raJazz»; «I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket,» a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra; two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from «King of Jazz.&raJazz.»

In the final shot of Dario Argento's Profondo Rosso (Deep Red, 1975), the amateur detective / jazz pianist Marcus Daly (David Hemmings) stares icily...

Jerry Lewis, le un and only, will be feted in person at Cannes; his comedy «The Ladies» Man» will screen on the beach as part of the Cannes Classics series, and this new picture, a modestly scaled indie, showcases Lewis as a jazz pianist who discovers a secret about his long - time marriage.

Max, a former jazz pianist who never quite made it, sits alone in a house haunted by memories, mostly of his wife Eva (the great Claire Bloom) who has just died.

«La La Land» boasts stars to fall in love with: Ryan Gosling is Seb, a brooding pianist and jazz purist who dreams of running his own nightclub, while Emma Stone plays Mia, a more sunny studio - lot barista and aspiring actor who dreams of putting on her own plays.

Popping up everywhere are movies about people buckling under their own artistic weight — the kind that comes with being a certain type of jazz musician («Whiplash»), actor («Birdman»), novelist («Listen Up Philip»), painter (Mike Leigh's «Mr. Turner»), actor again (Chris Rock's upcoming «Top Five,») concert pianist (the Ethan Hawke - directed fall - festival documentary smash «Seymour»), actor once more (Olivier Assayas» «Clouds of Sils Maria»), rock singer (the Michael Fassbender - starring «Frank»), documentary filmmaker (Noah Baumbach's upcoming «While We're Young») and actor again (Al Pacino's «The Humbling»).

Stuck in an equal rut is Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a jazz pianist who dreams of opening his own jazz club one day but is resigned to playing jingles at local lounges and seeking the help of fellow musician, Keith (John Legend).

Damien Chazelle's second film is the story of two struggling artists — jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and wannabe actor Mia (Emma Stone)-- who don't exactly meet cute, then do before going on to have a very real relationship (cleverly camouflaged as piece of fluff musical).

«La La Land» is a two - hander that follows a pair of dreamers — aspiring actress Mia, who's lonely desperate to fit in, and cocky yet charismatic jazz pianist Sebastian — who fall in love in Los Angeles.

She plays Mia, an aspiring actor suffering through the indignity of awful Los Angeles auditions who falls in love with Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a jazz pianist chasing his own creative dreams.

Written by Amy - Jo Albany from her 2003 memoir, director Jeff Preiss» Low Down chronicles the adolescent years of Amy - Jo (Elle Fanning) in 1970s Los Angeles, spent between living with her jazz pianist / heroin addict father, Joe Albany (John H...

I sat for hours on the bench beside a sixty - two - year - old jazz pianist as he practiced his scales and played me some of his new compositions, and I observed Roma, the fifty - seven - year - old laboratory scientist in her first year of teaching adolescents in an after - school program.

In the years since they've seen one another, the once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds.

Fortunately for Stevens, a jazz pianist and educator, Wrangler is a jazz fan thanks to the exposure he got to music while on the set of TODAY.

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The Oval Restaurant offers seasonal Italian dishes, while the Jazz Lounge presents LIVE at The Wellesley Knightsbridge, an evening of fine dining and live music but by day Afternoon tea is served accompanied by light entertainment from our resident pianist.

I just finished Kirby's Epic Yarn (which I adore and will write about soon), and I can't help feeling the sweetness and fluidity of my favorite jazz pianist, Bill Evans.

Made up of saxophonist Norihiko Hibino (Metal Gear Solid, Bayonetta) and pianist AYAKI (Persona Q, Etrian Odyssey) GENTLE LOVE create smooth, mellow jazz renditions of

She has held that position since 2016, and is currently organizing a survey of work by the jazz pianist Jason Moran for the museum that will later travel to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio.

This exhibition takes its name from jazz pianist Andrew Hill's 1964 recording «Black Fire,» produced during a time of revolution in music and society.

SKG artist Teju Cole will collaborate with jazz pianist Vijay Iyer for a spoken prose with a live score event, titled Blind Spot, on February 9 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

A gig delivering newspapers led him to the front porch of pianist Phineas Newborn, where he would often listen to the jazz great practice piano.

REPRESENTATION Luhring Augustine announces on March 28 that jazz composer and pianist Jason Moran, a frequent collaborator with visual artists who is redefining the notion of multidisciplinary art, is joining its Chelsea, N.Y., gallery.

Accompanied by the jazz pianist Jason Moran, she ran around with a bucket, painting a giant snake on the floor, tooted a horn and sounded a succession of bells, as video images scrolled across a large screen.

And yet the sound of the calliope is not a lament or a dirge — instead, witnesses will hear strains of Sam Cooke and Jimi Hendrix, and new compositions by the jazz pianist Jason Moran.

Jason Moran is a jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who mines a variety of musical styles to create adventurous, genre - crossing performances.

As a part of the programme for the exhibition Theatrical Fields, Joan Jonas performed Reanimation with jazz pianist Jason Moran.

The experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans will be illuminated in this multimedia work created by MacArthur Fellow and jazz pianist / composer Vijay Iyer and poet / librettist Mike Ladd, in combination with a publication of local veterans» writings produced through a partnership with the veteran - focused arts organization Warrior Writers.