LE LE LET'S TALK ABOUT JAZZ, BABY ...
Mia is sitting in a restaurant with her boyfriend, his brother, and his brother’s girlfriend. The conversation is about nothing. One cliché follows another. Mia realizes she’s sitting across from three strangers. She hears jazz coming from somewhere and looks around. There, just below the ceiling: a speaker—and right next to it, the four letters EXIT. Mia gets up and leaves.
This camera shot—with the jazz-playing speaker serving as an exit strategy—comes from Damien Chazelle’s second film, “La La Land,” which is worth watching for that reason alone (and which also offers a dose of musical kitsch the likes of which hasn’t been seen in theaters since “Grease”). As a reminder: Chazelle’s debut, “Whiplash”—about a jazz drummer at the New York Conservatory—not only won three Oscars but also secured a spot in the program for the 39th Leipziger Jazztage. And now there’s “Cinematic Jazz” in 2017: It’s about a young actress and a pianist who wants to open a Jazzclub . And who wouldn’t want that!?
Until this dream comes true one fine day, we’ll focus for now on our upcoming concerts, featuring explosive yet elegant jazz music. We’ll kick things off with the SEEED-tested Hornbeefs, followed by the BabY BoOmern—who are finally releasing a record, thank goodness—then a Miles Evans flashback featuring the full SV-Sued lineup—this time with flugelhornist, trumpeter, pianist, and XJAZZ founder Sebastian Studnitzky—to the young jazz trio moment’s concept, and finally to Carlos Bica & Azul with Frank Möbus and Jim Black is back. Isn’t that something? Tickets are available in advance as usual at Culton.
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