Ask just about any
jazz musician with a long enough memory to name the best film ever made about
jazz and the chances are they'll pick a 1976 Swedish movie called "Sven Klang's
Combo".
It was shown a couple of times on TV, the last
time in the mid-80s, but since then has been virtually unobtainable.
I started looking into getting it a UK release when the first lockdown
hit in 2020. It had been restored and was showing on a Swedish
streaming site but without subtitles. After a series of rebuffs I was
delighted when Olivier Stockman of Sands Films offered to take it on.
Subtitles have been sourced and the film will be shown on Tuesday
15th November as part of Sands’ London Jazz Festival programme.
Live music before the
screening tbc.
Details HERE, booking recommended.
Two days later on Thursday 17th I will be fronting an all-star quintet playing the music of Benny Carter, one of the true giants of jazz.
Details and bookings HERE.
If you’d like to know more about Carter the documentary “Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs” is available on YouTube HERE. I also found an old radio interview which includes examples of his work HERE.
Look forward to seeing some of you at either or both of these events. If you can’t make it along they are both live streamed and available for viewing after the event. Simon Wolfe
Editor's note. I first drew attention to this film classic in a 2008 post HERE and it's great news that it is at long last going to be screened again. Lance
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