14 May 20211451The film starts with New York night shots in the opening credits, with “Sad Song” from the album “Wait Till You See Her” playing on the background.
29 November 20183520Krupa, who started his music career in Chicago, starts rising in the ranks when he joins Benny Goodman’s orchestra when he was 20 years old.
24 November 20183214The score of the 1964 movie include “Emily” a Johnny Mendel composition with Johnny Mercer lyrics, which we are used to hearing in the waltz format.
16 December 20164290Year 1948, Havana, Cuba. We pan into the very romantic love story of the young and talented pianist Chico and beautiful vocalist Rita. Music, action, scheming—this movie has it all!
30 October 20162146Those who know about trumpet player and vocalist Chet Baker know that his life is split into two parts: one before his teeth were broken and one after. The 2016 film “Born to be Blue” is a biopic that threads the line between fiction and fact and focuses on the period after his chin trauma.
2 August 20161376Keep On Keepin’ On” is a 2014 documentary which focuses on the student-teacher relationship between trumpet player, composer and educator Clark Terry, who passed away last year, and Justin Kauflin, who was his student during Terry’s last few years.
24 June 20161644The movie is a biography of jazz, blues, R&B singer and classical pianist Nina Simone who was born in South Carolina in 1933. The film was released in April 2016.