LE LE LET'S TALK ABOUT JAZZ, BABY ...
Mia is sitting in a restaurant with her boyfriend, his brother and his girlfriend. The conversation revolves around nothing. Platitude follows platitude. Mia realizes that she is sitting opposite three strangers. She hears jazz coming from somewhere and looks around. There, just under the ceiling: a loudspeaker - and right next to it the four letters EXIT. Mia gets up and leaves.
This camera shot with the jazz-sounding loudspeaker as an exit strategy comes from Damien Chazelle's second film "La La Land", which is a must-see for this reason alone (and offers some musical kitsch that hasn't been seen in cinemas 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 a program slot during the 39th Leipzig Jazz Days. And cinematic jazz is now also available 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 will be concentrating on our upcoming concerts for the time being, with explosively elegant jazz music. We start with the SEEED-tested Hornbeefs, followed by the Gottlob-endlich-record-releasing BabY BoOmers, then a Miles Evans flashback for big SV-Sued cutlery - this time with flugelhornist, trumpeter, pianist and XJAZZ maker Sebastian Studnitzky - on to the young jazz trio moment's concept and finally Carlos Bica & Azul with Frank Möbus and Jim Black is back. What if that's nothing? As usual, tickets are available in advance from Culton.
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