"As a musician, i want the listener to hear the sounds as i intended when the track was recorded. if the basic file is compromised for any reason, the listener is being cheated." - Mike Sain
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
SOME STUFFS: new documentary on legendary jazz musician Billy Taylor
It was recently shown at the IAJE Conference in New York, and now it is available for viewing and downloading. Billy Taylor: American Hero is a documentary film directed by Brett Primack in honor of the legendary jazz musician. The man isn't only known for his playing, but his compositions, his efforts as an instructor, and his humanitarian causess.
Director Primack said rather than have him wait around for placement in festivals and airing on TV, he will distribute his film on the internet and sees internet options eventually replacing TV. You can see the film by going to Billy Taylor's official home page.
A video of "Perdido" performed by Duke Ellington, Willie The Lion, and Billy Taylor:
John Book has been a music journalist for 23 years. Along with being one of the original contributing editors to the "All Music Guide" in 1992, he was a contributing writer to "The Rocket", "Goldmine", and "Discoveries", along with over 70 different publications. His knowledge of music comes from 28 years of record collecting/accumulating, and a curiosity about those sounds embedded within leading to a lot of research.
Outside of the music he listens to, he is also an artist/producer working under the name Crut. An album is being recorded for release hopefully before the end of 2007, with more to follow.
On the web, he was the founder of the Unofficial Wu-Tang Clan Mailing List (U-WU), and had also done fan sites for Prince Paul and Ozomatli before devoting his focus on his own work.
One of his major passions is to share information and history about the various aspects of recorded Hawaiian music in the 20th century. He is currently working on a book that he hopes will be the first of many to come.
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