Chappaqua

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Just stumbled across this film on DVD at a pawn shop sale (all dvds $5)

Chappaqua (by Conrad Books)

w/ William Burroughs

Allen Ginsberg

Ornette Coleman

et al

Looks interesting.

anyone seen this movie yet? I won't for a day or so - or until my wife goes out of town; she doesn't go for 'weird' music OR films (sigh)

[jazzbo]

I've never seen this. . . have a two cd set (would fit on one but that wouldn't mack much money right?) I like the music (not really that much Ornette, but cool stuff).

[garthsj]

I've never seen this. . . have a two cd set (would fit on one but that wouldn't mack much money right?) I like the music (not really that much Ornette, but cool stuff).

... but isn't the Chappaqua Suite essentially ALL music by Ornette? Is this a different set from the actual soundtrack?

[7/4]

I've never seen this. . . have a two cd set (would fit on one but that wouldn't mack much money right?)  I like the music (not really that much Ornette, but cool stuff).

... but isn't the Chappaqua Suite essentially ALL music by Ornette? Is this a different set from the actual soundtrack?

The Ornette music didn't get used. The soundtrack is by Ravi Shankar (really!).

[garthsj]

I've never seen this. . . have a two cd set (would fit on one but that wouldn't mack much money right?)  I like the music (not really that much Ornette, but cool stuff).

... but isn't the Chappaqua Suite essentially ALL music by Ornette? Is this a different set from the actual soundtrack?

The Ornette music didn't get used. The soundtrack is by Ravi Shankar (really!).

Thanks .. as a film scholar you would think that I might have seen the actual movie, but I have not! At one time the French 2-LP set of the Chappaqua Suite was a hot item, and much sought after in the U.S. I am not sure that it has ever been officially released in this country.

[7/4]

I also think this is where Phillip Glass was working with Shankar as an assistant arranging the music.

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Ornette Coleman's music for the film was oustanding!

The film director Conrad Rooks shied away from using it and used Ravi Shankar for the film soundtrack.

Never saw the film. Understand Ornette Coleman appeared in it.