Sentences with phrase «of jazz trumpeter»

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.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

Ten years ago, when I first met him, the trumpeter who helped launch the «cool jazz» movement of the 1950s had been hitting 101 degrees Fahrenheit for weeks.

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).

Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker, the filmmaker Bruce Weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great.

«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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I CALLED HIM MORGAN Though the tale of trumpeter Lee Morgan is a bit fractured and left with lots of holes in it, the documentary footage of him and other jazz greats of the era is worth the price of admission.

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.

Documentarian Kasper Collin — who previously made My Name Is Albert Ayler, also about a jazz musician — looks at the difficult, abbreviated life of trumpeter Lee Morgan, who was shot dead in the winter of 1972 in New York.

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).

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.

«What I say to any parent that wants to know the best approach to get kids interested in music: There's nothing better than exposure,» says Ellis Marsalis, father to a quartet's worth of jazz musicians, including trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

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.

Attendees will tune into a blues and jazz lineup that includes Blues Hall of Fame inductee and guitar legend Joe Louis Walker; jazz / rock guitar legend and «Godfather of Fusion» Larry Coryell; Grammy - winning and New Orleans jazz royalty Delfeayo Marsalis; Grammy - winning The Band Courtbouillon with Wayne Toups, Steve Riley and Wilson Savoy; Grammy - nominated jazz saxophone master Javon Jackson; jazz trumpeter Gabriel Mark Hasselbach; sax master Rock Hendricks; and jazz guitarist and Na Hoku winner Benny Uyetake.

This loss is a crucial one for CAPA, which has a history of producing top - tier artists, such as R&B crooners Boyz II Men and Amel Larrieux, as well as jazz bassist Christian McBride and organist - trumpeter - vocalist Joey DeFrancesco.

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

BRIDGEHAMPTON MUSEUM ARCHIVES BUILDING - «Parlor Jazz / Art of Song Concert - A Session with Dr. Feelgood» takes place on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. «A Session with Dr. Feelgood» features vocalist Sari Kessler and trumpeter Charlie Caranicas.

Notable participants include: choreographer and dancer Kyle Abraham; poet Elizabeth Alexander; performer Eric Berryman; performance and installation artist Tania Bruguera; urban revitalization strategist Majora Carter; innovator James Burling Chase; actress and playwright Eisa Davis; architect Elizabeth Diller; The Met's Kimberly Drew; photographer John Edmonds; juvenile justice reformer Adam Foss; writer and performance artist Malik Gaines; social practice artist Theaster Gates; filmmaker Tony Gerber; FLEXN dance pioneer Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray; trombonist, painter, and composer Dick Griffin; dancer and choreographer Francesca Harper; trombonist Craig Harris; vocalist Nona Hendryx; playwright Branden Jacobs - Jenkins; cinematographer Arthur Jafa; artist and cultural worker Shani Jamila; trumpeter JAWWAAD; gaming pioneers Navid and Vassiliki Khonsari; NYU Professor and musician Jason King; philosopher Gregg Lambert; composer and Bang on the Can co-founder David Lang; novelist, filmmaker, and curator Ernie Larsen; Wooster Group founding member and director Liz LeCompte; Harvard Professor Sarah Lewis; journalist Seamus McGraw; poet Aja Monet; jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran; performance studies professor Fred Moten; visual artist Shirin Neshat; playwright Lynn Nottage; professor of contemporary rhetorical theory Kendall Phillips; doctor Jeremy Richman; poet Carl Hancock Rux; performance artist Alexandro Segade; writer and activist Tanya Selvaratnam; guitarist and composer Marvin Sewell; playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith; conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas; performance artist Carmelita Tropicana; puppeteer Basil Twist; theater director Roberta Uno; vocalist and composer Imani Uzuri; and Wooster Group founding member and actress Kate Valk, among others.

Smith, a legendary trumpeter and composer primarily of avant - garde jazz and free improvisation music, was one of three finalists for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his expansive jazz work, Ten Freedom Summers.

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.