Film Review

Preview: Billie Holiday through a new lens.

New Black Films have announced the UK theatrical release of an incredible new documentary on the legend Billie Holiday. Directed by Emmy nominated James Erskine and co-produced by...

They Died Before 40 – The music kept them alive…and killed them!

Which jazz musician’s funeral attracted 10,000 mourners and an 80-car funeral procession? Which African American musician was forced to play at the other end of the recording...

Chasing Trane ~ The New John Coltrane Documentary

This past week I was at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club to attend the private screening of a new documentary on jazz supreme saxophonist John Coltrane.  The film, written and directed...