Who Loves the Sun

Roy Ayers in the sunshine

"...“Roy Ayers, the old jazz musician.”..."

June 25, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

You Don't Mess With the Zohan

As far as we know, this Adam Sandler movie is the first Hollywood-made Jewish/Palestinian/immigrant comedy that also doubles as a surprisingly trenchant analysis of the Middle East's perpetual bloodbath.

"...(in an inspired comic riff on Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer – which precious few die-hard Sandler fans will..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rich Harney

Jazz Sides

"...swinging, soulful style has made him a most in-demand jazz pianist for more than two decades, playing with everyone..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Robert Skiles

Jazz Sides

"...& the Fairlanes. He's also an accomplished and respected jazz and classical player who lends his talents to this..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Eragon

Dear George Lucas … It's bad enough that you've cloaked your true identity behind that of the 15-year-old bestselling novelist Christopher Paolini, but did you have to remake Episode IV all over again? With friggin' dragons?!

"...Hedlund. Dear George Lucas: What gives with this Eragon jazz? I mean, gee whiz, did you seriously think that..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Good Woman

Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan is here set among Jazz Age expatriates cold-chillin' on the Italian coast, and the result is not quite as dishy as one might hope.

"...Howard Himmelstein) set Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan) among Jazz Age expatriates cold-chillin' on the Italian coast, and the..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Broken Flowers

Jim Jarmusch and Bill Murray meditate on middle age and the world of possibilities.

"...perplexing. Broken Flowers is as elliptical as the haunting jazz music by Mulatu Astatke that permeates the soundtrack. The..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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

Live Music Recommendations for the Week

Shoegaze, hip-hop, jazz, and three days of Wilco

"...Smith, saxophonist Michael Malone has been tearing up local jazz clubs with NuJazzSwing and others for several years. Both..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

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