Posts Tagged: jazz at the movies
WMPG’s Jazz At The Movies present the film – Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blue
WMPG’s Jazz At The Movies and the Portland Conservatory of Music are pleased to present the documentary “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues,” an eye opening look at one of the 20th century’s most beloved celebrities, the world famous trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong, as drawn from his decades of personal scrapbooks, tapes and private journals. You know his voice and you know his music, but do you really know the man himself? Come join us…
Jazz at the Movies in March
The Jazz at the Movies team are back with another free screening. Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band will screen on March 30th at 7pm at the Portland Conservatory of Music. One of the greatest jazz pianists, composers, and arrangers of all time, Mary Lou Williams was a walking history of jazz. A child prodigy who could play everything from classical to boogie woogie and swing, to bebop and beyond, Williams was…
JAM – Jazz at the Movies April 29th
In celebration of International Jazz Day, WMPG’s Jazz At the Movies (JAM) will be showing the film “Blue Note Records- Beyond the Notes” on Saturday April 29th at the Portland Conservatory of Music. This movie is about the Blue Note Record label, but it is more about the Blue Note founders and the chemistry between them and the great musicians that recorded on this label. This is truly a case where the musicians made the record label what…
WMPG’s Jazz at the Movies: Thomas Chapin: Night Bird Song
Sunday July 17th at 7pm WMPG’s Jazz at the Movies and the Portland Conservatory of Music will be showing the movie Thomas Chapin: Night Bird Song. The film is an excellent portrait of the amazing life of Thomas Chapin’s and his incredibly talented musical compositions and performances. The drummer in his trio, Michael Sarin will join us for a Q&A following the film. WMPG invites you to this special evening of jazz and the story…
