Major theatrical release. So I assume it will be streaming in 6 months or so. There’s also a big Coltrane doc coming out in April.
The Morgan one is good. There is not a lot of footage of him so there is a bunch of visual vamping to make up for that. However, the heart of the documentary is an audio recording of Morgan's wife given just a month before she died in 1996. Hearing her voice, her side of the story is really powerful. And you come away just feeling bad for everyone.
But if you are a Morgan fan it is a must. And if you don't know Lee Morgan it is a fine introduction.
AB - Thanks again for the heads up. It's not showing in Atlanta. I'll have to remember it and hope to catch it later in the year. I have a TON of Lee Morgan stuff, including every single date he did for Blue Note Records as a leader or sideman! That's.a lot. Amazing output for such a young man. I tell my college students the story of what happened when I hip them to The Sidewinder - and Billy Higgins! - in my Style & Analysis: Critical Listening course.
Very cool!!! Thanks for sharing; I hadn't heard of this. Really need to see it! Do you know if it'll be on Netflix or a DVD?
Cool, going to check this out...
Too bad Jazz is touring Southeast Asia. He'd be all over this like white on rice.
Thanks for the tip, Alex.
Major theatrical release. So I assume it will be streaming in 6 months or so. There’s also a big Coltrane doc coming out in April.
The Morgan one is good. There is not a lot of footage of him so there is a bunch of visual vamping to make up for that. However, the heart of the documentary is an audio recording of Morgan's wife given just a month before she died in 1996. Hearing her voice, her side of the story is really powerful. And you come away just feeling bad for everyone.
But if you are a Morgan fan it is a must. And if you don't know Lee Morgan it is a fine introduction.
Boat - I'll email Jazz about it.
AB - Thanks again for the heads up. It's not showing in Atlanta. I'll have to remember it and hope to catch it later in the year. I have a TON of Lee Morgan stuff, including every single date he did for Blue Note Records as a leader or sideman! That's.a lot. Amazing output for such a young man. I tell my college students the story of what happened when I hip them to The Sidewinder - and Billy Higgins! - in my Style & Analysis: Critical Listening course.