James Jean is a Taiwanese-born mixed media artist currently residing in Los Angeles. Along with illustrations and oil paintings, Jean had published SIX books of his works and won 18 design awards since 2000. He also has a line of jewelry in his Drip Simple Series. His body of work, and the various mediums used [...]
Amazing film/documentary about Jazz saxophonist and Blue Note Records artist Jackie McLean. Pieced in between footage of him playing is footage of him teaching at Hartford as well as more interview type footage. Just listening to Jackie break down his philosophies on playing, drugs, race and everything else is captivating in itself. His 'On Mars' [...]
"When I was at high school, I met some guys who were breakdancing and listening to hip hop and I started to hanging around with them , one day they said „let’s go paint some wall”. We went to buy some sprays and we went painting… We just did a really huge mess… I tried [...]
A Film About Jimi Hendrix (1973)
Jimi Hendrix is a 1973 rockumentary about Jimi Hendrix, directed and produced by Joe Boyd, John Head and Gary Weis. The film contains concert footage from 1967 to 1970, including the Monterey Pop Festival the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, Woodstock and a Berkeley concert. The film also includes interviews with [...]
Sun Ra – Space Is The Place Full Movie
Space Is the Place is an 82-minute film made in 1972 and released in 1974. It was produced by Jim Newman, directed by John Coney, written by Sun Ra, Joshua Smith and features Sun Raand his Arkestra. A soundtrack for the film was released on Evidence Records.
Sun [...]
By C. MICHAEL BAILEY, Published: February 26, 2008
"Blue Note was not the only jazz label recording America's indigenous music from the '30s through the 1960s, but it may be the only one that mattered. The title Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz is not an idle boast. In the 1950s and '60s, Blue Note [...]
I saw this on @eyeonesh (EYE ONE) Facebook page last night, where he mentioned he had done some work on the film. I checked it out this morning and it looks like it’s going to be an incredible piece of work.
Based on the life of TEMPT ONE, from a being a prolific writer and considered [...]
Coast To Coast Album Covers: Classic Record Art From New York To LA
by Graham Marsh and Glyn Callignham
Jazz is forever associated with labels like Blue Note, Prestige, Atlantic, Contemporary, Pacific, and Riverside. Each of these companies strove to communicate the essence of its sound through album covers. Now, this captivating anthology of 400 covers brings [...]
Slang Yourself is an excellent short film by the homie @waltergross, a staple of the DIY LA beat scene. I'd heard his beats for a while, and some Youtube vids for them, but had no idea he had skills like this behind the cam. Definitely a cool look into the process, from starting the beat to [...]
Gilles Peterson, Stuart Baker and Soul Jazz Books have put out some great books the past couple years.
In 2009 they released the great Freedom, Rhythm & Sound, which is around 200 pages of rare, private press and obscure Free Jazz album covers. The years span 1965-‘83, through the Civil Rights movement, much of the music [...]
