Fire Music
2018 · Documentary · 70 min. · United States
FIRE MUSIC is a feature documentary that tells the exciting history behind the free jazz movement. This incredible music documentary focuses on a new form of jazz that began in the late 1950s. This new jazz was separate from the happy sounding commercial jazz music that made jazz a well known music genre all over the world. This free jazz was angrier and more emotional because the music reflected the turbulent times. The musicians behind this free jazz sound were ignored by mainstream media and as a result created their own subculture. Today free jazz has the largest audience in its 50 year plus history. FIRE MUSIC will stand as the first serious attempt to capture the sights and sounds of one of the most innovative movements in music history.
Direction Tom Surgal
Cast Albert Ayler · Carla Bley · Bobby Bradford · Dave Burrell · Ornette Coleman · John Coltrane · Eric Dolphy · Gary Giddins · Tristan Hansinger · Prince Lasha · Charlie Parker · Ingrid Sertso · Sonny Simmons · Sun Ra · Cecil Taylor
Soundtrack Lin Culbertson
Screenplay Tom Surgal
Cinematography Daniel Ehrenbard · Jens Jurgensen · John Northrup · Jim Spring
Original title Fire Music
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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