ghost of miles Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 A recent book from Scott Yanow--seems like it might be a good encyclopedic/reference source: Jazz On Film Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 well, I feel about Scott Yanow the way Christians feel about the anti-christ - run away, maybe put a stake through his heart. The guy is prolific but the epitome of mediocre, and not particularly accurate to boot - I would run from any source with his name on it. Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 Agree with Allen. Yanow is (yet again) creating a book that is about EVERYTHING - but from all that I've read of his, he doesn't seem to be an expert on ANYTHING. Mike Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 7, 2005 Author Report Posted January 7, 2005 Perhaps I should have said "casual reference source." Yes, I agree w/Allen & Mike's comments about Yanow, but I still browse AMG and the AMG Jazz Guide simply because both sources are much more inclusive than, say, Penguin, which has far better reviews, but which stubbornly refuses to include OOP titles (although AMG Jazz doesn't have all of them either). For scholarly work, yeah, Yanow's a non-starter, but I'll probably pick this one up eventually as an "initial" reference source. What was the big book on jazz in film that came out back in the early 1980s? Quote
MartyJazz Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 Well, I have one, albeit outdated, volume dedicated to this subject: David Meeker: JAZZ IN THE MOVIES, (Da Capo)@1981. Nice black & white photos as well as synopses of commercial films done to that time which either feature jazz or have some jazz on the soundtrack. Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 Tangent - I was looking in Meeker yesterday trying to recall a film that had a score by Dave Brubeck. It's not in there - and it's not what's coming up on cursory websearches. It was a mystery, set in New England. I'm almost positive it's not "Ordeal By Innocence" although that *is* an Agatha Christie film (and it's certainly not "All Night Long"). Something I saw on late night TV maybe 15 or so years ago. Anyone? (no, I haven't checked the Yanow book.......) Mike Quote
gslade Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 Here is a link AMG Ordeal by Innocence Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 Nothing in that fits with my memory, which is why I mentioned that Ordeal By Innocence is likely NOT the film. Further digging in my memory brings up thoughts of ghosts, the supernatural - something like that in this film. Mike Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 Mike - is that the British film with Mingus and Brubeck? Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 oops - thinking of all night long - Quote
medjuck Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 I recomend Krin Gabbard's Jammin' at the Margins as a scholarly book about jazz in films but it certainly doesn't attempt to be encyclopedic. Meeker's book is out of print but he told me that he plans to give his archives to the Library of Congress (or maybe he said the Smithsonian) so taht they could be made available on line. (He's not very happy with his long time employers the British Film institute which is why he's not giving it to them. ) Meanwhile the Yannow book is pretty good in letting you know what's available even if you don't agree with his evaluations. Very good intgerviews with film collectors at the end of the book. Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 7, 2005 Author Report Posted January 7, 2005 I recomend Krin Gabbard's Jammin' at the Margins as a scholarly book about jazz in films but it certainly doesn't attempt to be encyclopedic. I'm a fan of JAMMIN' and the anthology that he edited (JAZZ AMONG THE DISCOURSES). Surprised that the latter didn't include Scott Deveaux's "Constructing the Jazz Canon," which would've made a nice fit (it turned up instead in an anthology that Gerald Early edited). Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 7, 2005 Report Posted January 7, 2005 tell Meek that if he wants anyone to have access to the stuff he should give it to the Rutgers Institute of Jaza Studies - Quote
Michael Weiss Posted December 17, 2008 Report Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) "All Night Long" was just on TMC recently. Had never seen this before. What some drummers will do just to get a gig! Edited December 17, 2008 by Michael Weiss Quote
Chas Posted December 17, 2008 Report Posted December 17, 2008 "All Night Long" was just on TCM recently. Had never seen this before. It's been out on DVD in Europe for a couple of years . Worth seeing , and even more , worth hearing . The soundtrack came out on Fontana ( and on Epic in the U.S. ) ; don't think it's on CD though . The Mingus-Brubeck scene was apparently instigated by Mingus ! Quote
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