Item 2048 - Imagine the Sound - Restored

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ES OVNI RSC-2048

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Imagine the Sound - Restored

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  • 1981 (Accumulation)

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Video

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The first feature documentary by Ron Mann (GRASS, COMICBOOK CONFIDENTIAL) is an eloquent tribute to a group of highly celebrated artists that helped forge the avant-garde jazz of the 1960s. Critic and film historian Jonathan Rosenbaum has said IMAGINE THE SOUND “may be the best documentary on free jazz that we have.” The film features articulate interviews and dramatic performances by pianists Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, tenor saxophone Archie Shepp, and trumpet player Bill Dixon. Not since Scorsese's The Last Waltz has a music documentary been so thorough and compatible with its subject. Alongside the dynamic performances, the fi lm captures the diverse history and politicized roots of this unique musical genre. IMAGINE THE SOUND is an important chapter in the history of the jazz documentary.

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Press: Yes; Catalogue: Yes; Itinerancies: Yes; Online archive: No; Television: No

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copyright

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  • English

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    Llengua: Inglés

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    amigo autonomedia ovni-archives: Fri, May 11, 2007 8:20 pm

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    imagine-the-sound-restored

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    ES_OVNI_1981_boymic003-imagine-the-sound-re

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    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Language(s)

    • Catalan

    Script(s)

    • Latin

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