4 Early Argo Trios
King Fleming Trio - Overt (1960) LP Title: Misty Night King Fleming (piano) Aubrie Jones (bongos) Rail Wilson (bass) Royce Rowan (drums)...
Unseen: Jazz in shorts (Part 8: 29-32)
29. Be Gone Dull Care (Norman McLaren, 1949) Oscar Peterson To many folks Oscar Peterson is the greatest pianist of all time. I slightly...
Unseen: Jazz in shorts (Part 7: 25-28)
25. Rooty Toot Toot (John Hubley, 1951) Phil Moore Made a year after Kurosawa’s Rashomon was released, “Rooty Toot Toot” with its...
Unseen: Jazz in shorts (Part 6: 21-24)
21. George Dumpson's Place (Ed Emshwiller, 1965) Bill Lee & Jay Berliner “Emshwiller is mad, truly mad. Only mediocre craftsmen are like...
“Vous êtes swing!" : John & Ron
A relatively short-lived cable access talk show from the 80's, hosted by two jazz drummers and featuring mainly - but not exclusively - ...
Unseen: Jazz in shorts (Part 5: 17-20)
17. Hermann Slobbe (Johan van der Keuken, 1966) Archie Shepp When making a film about blind children a few years earlier, Van Der Keuken...
Unseen: Jazz in shorts (Part 4: 13-16)
13. Wealth of a Nation (William Greaves, 1966) Bill Dixon This was William Greaves’ first independent film and one of two he would direct...
Unseen: Jazz in shorts (Part 3: 9-12)
9. Catalog (John Whitney 1961) Ornette Coleman Ornette Coleman: the name alone is a resonance of risk, of risk itself. Ornette Coleman on...
"Snore on my solo, bitch"
Just Miles being Miles.....
Unseen: Jazz in shorts (Part 2: 5-8)
5. At Dawn Overcoming all Difficulties (Jannik Hastrup, 1972) Yusef Lateef This is one of Hastrup’s six animated shorts on the history of...
