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Count Basie
Jazz sides
"...In Frank Wess, Basie had one of the greatest jazz flutists and a formidable tenor saxophonist. Frank Foster was..."

May 27, 2005 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Tal Farlow
Jazz sides
"...establish Tal Farlow's standing as one of the best jazz guitarists of all time. Farlow (1921-1998) wasn't consistently active..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Coffee and Cigarettes
Jim Jarmusch's new brew is lukewarm.
"...few others) wafts through the picture like a recurring jazz riff. But, like the indolent pleasures of sitting around..."

July 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jazz sides
Jazz sides
"...One of Austin's quiet little musical secrets is the Jazz Pharaohs, a group for whom the Ellington adage "It..."

April 23, 2004 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Jazz Sides
Jazz Sides
"...The latest entry into the niche of boutique jazz labels to make a splash nationally is MaxJazz. The..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

8 Mile
Eminen's semi-autobiographical story of a young, white rapper on the rise in Detroit has a soft-focus Hollywood tint.
"...autobiographical) is, frankly, far too tame. It's like The Jazz Singer recast with millennial hoodlums, and the rapper's much-noted..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hollywood Ending
"...he floods the soundtrack with the retro-romanticism of prewar jazz. Both are familiar, piggyback tacks, jogging us back to..."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Chop Suey
"...a celebration of American celebrity, a biographical sketch of jazz singer Frances Faye, and a showcase for the physical..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Trumpet of the Swan
"...without a voice but learns to blow a mean jazz trumpet instead...."

July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Jarmusch's film is a tone poem about a contemporary hitman nicknamed Ghost Dog (Whitaker), who is steeped in the code of the ancient Japanese samurai.
"...than once before reviewing. For Jarmusch is like a jazz master of the movie screen, a Charlie Parker of..."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction
"...Angeles. Anyone who has read the author of White Jazz, The Big Nowhere, or L.A. Confidential knows he's not..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wild Man Blues
"...Ostensibly commissioned as a document of Allen, the Dixieland jazz clarinetist on tour in Europe with his seven-man band,..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Celtic Pride
"...buffoons kidnap the star player of the opposing Utah Jazz team. As the two buffoons, Stern and Aykroyd are..."

April 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Killing Zoe
"...of smack and liquor and hanging around dingy little jazz clubs. Zed is reluctant to participate at first, but..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Corrina, Corrina
"...work in The Color Purple. Along with some incredible jazz as background music, Corrina, Corrina offers Don Ameche in..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Crooklyn
"...a family that resembles the Lee family with its jazz musician father and schoolteacher mother, its Brooklyn location, and..."

May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hard Boiled
"...his namesake and jam on clarinet at a sleazy jazz club (and say, isn't that John Woo setting up..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Meteor Man
"...Five Heartbeats comes this steadfastly mediocre tale of a jazz musician-cum-substitute teacher (Townsend) who transforms into the titular superhero..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Swing Kids
"...been heard? Whether it be Charleston kickers, can-can dancers, jazz cats, Woodstock Nation or Rock-the-Voters, the rebellions aroused by..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Moneytree
"...best, held together at times by an annoyingly jaunty jazz score. Still, The Moneytree has potential as a cult..."

March 6, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Commitments
"...a jerk. The sax player has secret leanings towards jazz and Murphy, the sweet old Jesus freak, is making..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Taxi Blues
"...Taxi Driver). Lyosha finally slips away with a touring jazz impresario who offers him a tour of the United..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Bob Hoffnar & the Mood Illusion, Things We Wonder: An Interpretation of the Shaggs (Rock Tumbler)
Deft experimental combo reworks Worst Album of All Time contender into avant-garde jazz
"...than a bug. "That Little Sports Car" becomes avant-garde jazz rather than incompetent rock & roll, and the infamous..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Review: The Margaret Slovak Trio, Ballad for Brad
Jazz guitarist pulls beauty out of tragedy and triumph
"...with possible career-ending injuries after a car accident, Austin-based jazz guitarist Margaret Slovak has more animus than most. Joined..."

July 8, 2022 Music Feature by Michael Toland

ACL Fest Interview: The Comet Is Coming
Soul / jazz / funk Comet crashes into ACL!
"...Max "Betamax" Hallett and the improvisational fire of contemporary jazz courtesy sax master "King Shabaka" Hutchings. The leaderless UK..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

ACL Fest Interview: Amber Mark
Glossy jazz with shades of Sade
"...single "Love Me Right" invites comparison to Sade's glossy jazz production, but where her voice burst onto the international..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend
Weary from the first week of school? Live music to the rescue!
"...Mark Farina turns Parish into a 90s electro-jazz club, Babes Fest returns to town on Saturday, and..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Tenth and Final SXSW Artist List
Action Bronson, Talib Kweli, a Blaze Foley tribute, and 196 more
"...Talib Kweli, and Crescent City institution the Preservation Hall Jazz Band...."

March 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Live: Robert Glasper
One limb in jazz, others in hip-hop and modern R&B
"...“We’re gonna start off on some jazz shit,” said Robert Glasper about Monday night’s one-of-a-kind performance...."

March 14, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

Nicolas Cage Talks The Trust
The actor on working with Elijah Wood and Jerry Lewis, and "finding the jazz"
"...But once you have that, y'know, let's 'find the jazz.' We would go off-book. I think that's where a..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

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