«Like dissolving into a»40s movie or then again a dream of a conversation about new art and
old jazz standards, these poems are sad and wise.»
This time, they focus of
old jazz standards, making them an integral part of the story.
It's a measure of the quality of the music in «Whiplash» that we were originally going to earmark the film for our Soundtracks list (coming next week), so sure we were that director Damien Chazelle had mostly used
old jazz standards to punctuate his thrilling film.
Or, to some extent, the fantasy sequences in The Singing Detective, in which Michael Gambon reminisces (or fantasises) about singing
old jazz standards in a club.
A lot of
old jazz standards, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Broadway tunes, things like that.
Not exact matches
Music spills out of this speakeasy
jazz house, punctuating the night air with everything from
old standards to big band.
It is set primarily in 1930s Hollywood, enabling the writer - director, who narrates the film but does not appear in it, to trot out the
jazz standards and
old movie references that have always colored his tastes.
The CD features a number of
old - time
jazz standards, such as «Stars Fell on Alabama,» «I'll Be Seeing You» and «Cry Me A River.»