Jazz on Film screenings will take place Jan. 16th-Feb. 25th on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30pm.
Screenings featuring the classic films illustrated in the Jazzin' Jammin' & Jivin' poster exhibit. Scheduled screenings are as follows (subject to change):
Tues. 1/26 Cabin in the Sky (1943) 98 minutes. Classic film
featuring Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis
Armstrong
Thu. 1/28 Stormy Weather (1943) 78 minutes. An all-star cast including Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham.
Tues. 2/2 Hi De Ho (1947) 61 minutes. Featuring Cab Calloway. Also Jivin' in Be-Bop (1947) 59 minutes. Musicians include Dizzie Gillespie, Helen Humes, Milt Jackson, James Moody, Ray Brown
Thu. 2/4 St. Louis Blues (1958) 105 minutes. A fantastic
cast featuring Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab
Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson
Tues. 2/9 A Man Called Adam (1966) 99 min. Sammy Davis Jr., Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Mel Torme, with Nat Adderley on trumpet
Thu. 2/11 'Round Midnight (1986) 133 minutes. Movie featuring Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Sandra Reaves-Phillips and a host of other excellent real-life jazz musicians. 8 Oscar nods confirms this as one of the best jazz-themed films ever made.
Tues. 2/16 Bird (1988) 161 minutes. Forrest Whitaker brilliantly portrays Charlie Parker, directed by Clint Eastwood. One of the quintessential films on a legendary, tragic life.
Remainder of Feb features screenings of selected films from the Hal Miller Jazz Icons film series:
Thu. 2/18 Count Basie '62 / Jazz Icon Series
Tues. 2/23 Louie Armstrong '59 / Jazz Icon Series
Thu. 2/25 Dizzy Gillespie '58 & '70 / Jazz Icon Series
