Full list of 2007 films and events...
2000 57 min. Color
This documentary profiles the renowned pianist, influential teacher, inspirational role model and father of distinguished musicians Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis. Marsalis talks about teaching musicians and children, and what he has learned about music and life. The program also visits the high-school big band class at the New Orleans Center for Contemporary Arts, where Marsalis established a jazz program that produced a generation of nationally recognized jazz musicians and is now sowing the seeds of the next. Original jazz recordings provide an evocative backdrop to the program with James Black's "Whistle Stop," to Danny Barker's signature "Save the Bones for Henry Jones," a Gershwin duet with Marcus Roberts and a rehearsal and stage performance with Ellis and Branford, Delfeayo and Jason.
Ellis Marsalis: Jazz Is Spoken Here
David Miller2000 57 min. Color
This documentary profiles the renowned pianist, influential teacher, inspirational role model and father of distinguished musicians Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis. Marsalis talks about teaching musicians and children, and what he has learned about music and life. The program also visits the high-school big band class at the New Orleans Center for Contemporary Arts, where Marsalis established a jazz program that produced a generation of nationally recognized jazz musicians and is now sowing the seeds of the next. Original jazz recordings provide an evocative backdrop to the program with James Black's "Whistle Stop," to Danny Barker's signature "Save the Bones for Henry Jones," a Gershwin duet with Marcus Roberts and a rehearsal and stage performance with Ellis and Branford, Delfeayo and Jason.
