Inaugural Jazz Heritage Film Festival: Looking Back at Jazz History with Hal Miller First San Francisco presentation by Miller
02-05-2010 to 02-07-2010
Location:
1320/30 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA CA
Inaugural Jazz Heritage Center Film Festival:
Looking Back at Jazz History with Hal Miller
February 5, 2010 – February 7, 2010
In four separate and distinct presentations over three days (February 5-7), jazz history will be front and center at the Jazz Heritage Center...Jazz historian and jazz video collector Hal Miller will present rare and treasured concert and TV program footage from his personal collection of many of the most revered and significant jazz musicians of the past one hundred years. Hal will introduce and briefly discuss each video excerpt, providing historical context and related anecdotes.
As associate-producer of the well-known and highly lauded Jazz Icons video series, and as a principal contributor of video footage to the widely acclaimed Ken Burns PBS series Jazz, Hal Miller has been a key figure in making jazz history accessible to the American and international public through the medium of video. In this, his first opportunity to entertain and educate a San Francisco audience, Hal promises to dig deep into his personal archives in order to "surprise, astound, and delight" all in attendance.
Each presentation of the Hal Miller series will be different. Some of the artists will be shown more than once-always in different settings- as befitting their stature and importance. The emphasis will be on the key figures of jazz history, many of whom are already beginning to fade into obscurity because so little attention has been paid to them. While some present day jazz artists whose lengthy careers have extended to present times- e.g. Wayne Shorter, Kenny Barron, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, et al -will also be included in his series, for the most part the musicians highlighted will be those who throughout the past century have been the innovators and popularizers of this music, including Mary Lou Williams, Eddie "Cleanhead"Vinson, Bobby Timmons, Lennie Tristano, Wes Montgomery, Eddie "Lockjaw"Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Chet Baker, Paul Chambers, Shelly Manne, and many others.
The Jazz Heritage Center invites you to come and look back at jazz history with Hal Miller in what promises to be a truly memorable and enjoyable series
Schedule of Hal Miller lectures:
- Friday, February 5th: 6 – 9pm (including reception from 8 - 9pm in the Gallery)
- Saturday, February 6th: 1 - 3pm & 7 – 9pm
- Sunday, February 7th: 11AM – 1PM
Individual tickets will be sold at the door for $15 per session.
