Hardbopjazz Posted December 31, 2013 Report Posted December 31, 2013 Next Christmas Eve, Woody Shaw III will release a film about his father. I have to say I am really looking forward to this. If you would like to see a preview, you can ask on the Woody Show website. Anyone else excited? Quote
romualdo Posted December 31, 2013 Report Posted December 31, 2013 Next Christmas Eve, Woody Shaw III will release a film about his father. I have to say I am really looking forward to this. If you would like to see a preview, you can ask on the Woody Show website. Anyone else excited? you bet!! received an email promoting this film a few days ago http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a7086e7d975e1148d1dd0a557&id=a5b1d4cd3f&e=5ec531ed07 Quote
Eric Posted December 31, 2013 Report Posted December 31, 2013 Next Christmas Eve, Woody Shaw III will release a film about his father. I have to say I am really looking forward to this. If you would like to see a preview, you can ask on the Woody Show website. Anyone else excited? you bet!! received an email promoting this film a few days ago http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a7086e7d975e1148d1dd0a557&id=a5b1d4cd3f&e=5ec531ed07 I did as well, but did not open the email in time and missed the window to watch the preview. Not really sure the point of that ... Quote
Gheorghe Posted December 31, 2013 Report Posted December 31, 2013 24.12.14, Woody would be 70. Will there be a DVD. Haven´t visited the Woody Shaw hp lately Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted December 31, 2013 Report Posted December 31, 2013 Saw the video before the window passed - I'm jonesing to see this, definitely! Interview footage with Woody II (the man himself, the son is III), from one or possibly two different interviews. Can't remember quite all of the other interviewees, Michael Cuscuna and Anthony Braxton definitely, but one or two others I'm forgetting at this hour. Definitely interested, but then Woody is my favorite hard-bop trumpeter, and probably my favorite trumpeter 2nd only to Miles. Quote
jazzbo Posted December 31, 2013 Report Posted December 31, 2013 Will look forward to seeing this. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted December 31, 2013 Report Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) One of the things that I liked was the choice to pan still-photos of Woody (in concert) [Ken Burns style], with superior examples of Woody's soloing. If they limited themselves to the actual audio-track of all the performance footage of Woody that was available (to say nothing of the audio-quality from the video), I'm sure it would have been a lot harder to sell the points they're trying to hit home about Woody's unique style and (often) superior chops and technique. Maybe getting clearances on the video was a factor too (who knows), but to really tell the story right -- I sure wouldn't want to be limited to the audio from what surely must be barely a dozen hours (if even that much exists) of Woody on video. Also, who knows, though, might some footage with Horace Silver turn up from '66 or so?? (And you-know-who else was on that front line!!) Or, at least maybe some new still-images of Woody live with Horace, which might lead to a couple new (good) photos of Tyrone (are there even any photos of him performing live?). Now, if I could only get a similar documentary made about Andrew Hill -- I'd be in heaven (Hill and Shaw being probably my two all-time favorites for going on a decade now). Never gonna happen, I know, but at least there'll be one about Woody now. Edited December 31, 2013 by Rooster_Ties Quote
LWayne Posted December 31, 2013 Report Posted December 31, 2013 Second the idea for a video tribute to Andrew Hill as well. My favorite, bar none. LWayne Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted January 2, 2014 Report Posted January 2, 2014 FWIW, I think Woody would clearly be 10x easier to do justice on a video documentary, than Andrew Hill. Not so much because of the lack of performance footage of Andrew, but because I think what makes Woody special is a lot easier to explain and get one's ears around than Andrew. Also, that there is interview footage of Woody is probably a huge help as well (and I doubt there's any of Andrew, and even if there were, I'm sure it would be just as nebulous as Andrew's music). That Woody was so underappreciated in his day astounds me. Unlike Andrew, where I totally get it. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted January 2, 2014 Report Posted January 2, 2014 Andrew was on staff here at Portland State University - I would hope someone interviewed/taped him then, but my impression the one time I met him was that he was painfully shy... Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted January 2, 2014 Report Posted January 2, 2014 Andrew was on staff here at Portland State University - I would hope someone interviewed/taped him then, but my impression the one time I met him was that he was painfully shy... I had the exact same impression the one time I met Andrew as well, and also in my conversations with at least 3 musicians who played with him extensively (in his later years), i.e. nothing they said gave any impression otherwise. Everything about the man was nebulous -- his music, his direction to the musicians performing it, practically everything. I don't mean that to sound disparaging -- as I rank Hill VERY high on my all-time top-10 list (usually top-5). Quote
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