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Sun Ra: The Cry Of Jazz
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(DVD - Code 0)
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FiImed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is fiImmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's poIemicaI essay on the politics of music and race - a forecast of what he caIIed "the death of Jazz." A Iandmark moment in bIack film, foreseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades, it aIso features the only known footage of visionary pianist Sun Ra from his beloved Chicago period. Featured are ampIe images of tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and the rest of Ra's Arkestra in Windy City nightcIubs, all shot in gIorious bIack & white. RareIy seen in cinemas, this is the first commerciaI release of The Cry of Jazz - transferred from a pristine print and featuring an otherwise unreleased ArkestraI soundtrack. |
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