Tag: music documentary
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Jazz in China
Robert Barry Francos takes a look at professor, pianist, and now filmmaker Eugene Marlow’s documentary about jazz music in China called, well, Jazz in China. Jazz is an oxymoron, such as is playing the sitar: there are relatively strict rules dependent on subgenre, but within those rules there is also a freedom of form and…
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The Beastie Boys Story
Apple TV+ released The Beastie Boys Story, directed by Spike Jonze. Is it a fresh new look or a retread of last year’s amazing book? The first time I heard The Beastie Boys was around the same time everyone else did. I was in grade six, so I was a little young to really get…