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2021 CLASSIC OLD MOVIES IN ENGLISH jazz POP CORN FRIDAYS previous works by the same artist Promoting your Art The Sunday Concert (Jazz) Videos Visual Jazz

POPCORN FRIDAYS: DOUBLE FEATURE

Why popcorn fridays

I believe that in times like the present, where the pressures of the pandemic, plus our general economic hardships, added to the lockdowns that still exist around the world, there is nothing better than making a bit of popcorn on a Friday night and watching an old… a very old movie.

It can be in black and white or color, although, I love black and white and mono sound movies. They bring your brain down to a level of simplicity in terms of “processing power”, that is hard to beat.

For a start, the monochrome picture is asking a lot less to decipher from your brain. A full blast color 7 channel surround movie will exacerbate your brain functions so as to deal with all that complex, multi-layered information. A B&W mono sound movie just floats in, and relaxes you, while still being entertaining. On top of that, the stories are from a reality that is not our own in this day and age, so as we watch, it will feel a lot more like one of those stories mom or dad used to read to us before we went to bed.

The end result, is utter satisfaction, relaxation, and the discovery that these stories turn out to have a lot more in common with our lives that we expected, albeit far from the technological wizardry, and imbued in certain innocence that seems so distant from of our contemporary daily lives.

So, I hope you enjoy these popcorn Fridays.

TODAY´S MOVIES

This time it is Film Noir plus and old B movie serial.

Today we watch “BLACK FRIDAY”, a noir horror movie with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. After that, we follow with the detective mystery “CALLING PHILO VANCE” with James Stephenson as the famous detective. Both movies are from 1940.

Enjoy!

Until next time!
Ignacio

©2021 by Ignacio Alperin Bruvera

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THE SUNDAY CONCERT: EMMET COHEN TRIO LIVE IN DETROIT + A LITTLE FRENCH (ROSE COLORED) PEARL

This is an excellent trio headed by gifted pianist Emmet Cohen, playing live at the Detroit Jazz Festival 2018

The Band:

Emmet Cohen (piano) – Russell Hall (bass) –  Evan Sherman (drums)

And as an added bonus, a second live video below the Detroit Concert.

The second video, is just one song… but very much worth it. Recorded live without frills at his own home, this is Cohen´s trio (this time with Kyle Poole on drums) plus the voice of Cyrille Aimée singing La Vie En Rose. 

Enjoy!

Until next time!
Ignacio

©2021 by Ignacio Alperin Bruvera

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2021 CLASSIC OLD MOVIES IN ENGLISH jazz POP CORN FRIDAYS previous works by the same artist Promoting your Art The Sunday Concert (Jazz) Videos Visual Jazz

WELCOME TO POPCORN FRIDAYS

I believe that in times like the present, where the pressures of the pandemic, plus our general economic hardships, added to the lockdowns that still exist around the world, there is nothing better than making a bit of popcorn on a Friday night and watching an old… a very old movie.

It can be in black and white or color, although, I love black and white and mono sound movies. They bring your brain down to a level of simplicity in terms of “processing power”, that is hard to beat.

For a start, the monochrome picture is asking a lot less to decipher from your brain. A full blast color 7 channel surround movie will exacerbate your brain functions so as to deal with all that complex, multi-layered information. A B&W mono sound movie just floats in, and relaxes you, while still being entertaining. On top of that, the stories are from a reality that is not our own in this day and age, so as we watch, it will feel a lot more like one of those stories mom or dad used to read to us before we went to bed. 

The end result, is utter satisfaction, relaxation, and the discovery that these stories turn out to have a lot more in common with our lives that we expected, albeit far from the technological wizardry, and imbued in certain innocence that seems so distant from of our contemporary daily lives.

So, I hope you enjoy these -now and again- popcorn Fridays that we launch today.

TODAY´S MOVIE

This time it is a wonderful and lovely romantic comedy. “THE MORE THE MERRIER”, with Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and a favorite of mine, the great Charles Coburn. The movie is from 1943, right in the middle of WWII… yes, it is 82 years old and yet, many themes in the movie will feel right at home, as we find common ground in the issues we deal with today in this, our own world war against a little virus.

Enjoy!

Until next time!
Ignacio

©2021 by Ignacio Alperin Bruvera

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THE SUNDAY CONCERT: STEVE GADD BAND LIVE

I remember buying Jazz records when I was a kid in Melbourne, going through the Monash University Record shop when I had no lectures, seeing if I could find something new. My whole life is a long quest about “finding something new”, I guess.

When I found something I had never heard before, I always used to look for the lineup to see who made up this band. If Steve Gadd was on drums, it would be a sign that these guys were probably very good. Chick Corea said of Mr. Gadd: “all the drummers want to play like Gadd because he reaches perfection”.

He has played with Simon and Garfunkel, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Joe Cocker, Grover Washington Jr., Chick Corea, Lee Ritenour, Frank Sinatra, Al Jarreau, Eric Clapton, Chet Baker, Michel Petrucciani, The Bee Gees, Michael McDonald and many others. In addition, he is the leader of his own band, with which he also won the 2019 Grammy for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.

This was recorded at Jazz San Javier. I hope you enjoy one of the best drummers in the history of Jazz.

Lineup:

Steve Gadd (drums)

Kevin Hays (piano and keyboards)

David Spinozza (guitar)

Jimmy Johnson (bass)

Walt Fowler (flugelhorn and trumpet)

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0RxDknsIT8&t=438s

Until next time!
Ignacio

©2021 by Ignacio Alperin Bruvera

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AN EASTER SUNDAY CONCERT: HANDEL´S MESSIAH (LIVE CONCERT)

A very Happy Easter everyone!

Today we stray from our usual Sunday Concert to see and hear this magnificent live version of Handel´s Messiah by the Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra.

Enjoy!J

Until next time!
Ignacio

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THE SUNDAY CONCERT: DRUM LEGEND ROY HAYNES AT 94 (IN CONCERT), BLUE NOTE

SARATOGA SPRINGS - CIRCA 1982: Photo of Roy Haynes performing in Saratoga Springs, New York. Circa 1982 (Photo by Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Roy Haynes Quartet – Live at Blue Note Jazz Club, Jazz Festival NYC (June 12, 2019) Roy Haines is a living legend of world jazz. Born March 13, 1925. Boston, Massachusetts.

He has played with Lester Young, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughn, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, and this is not a complete list .

He is now 95 years of age and still going. Roy is still full of energy and love of music. Worth a look just to dream of being able to do the same. And please, do not miss him doing some rap!

Band: Jaleel Shaw: alto, soprano sax – Martin Bejerano: keyboards  – David Wong: bass  – Roy Haynes: drums

SET: 1. Bemsha Swing (Monk) 2. James (Metheny) 3. Green Chimneys (Monk) 4. Question And Answer (Metheny)

Enjoy!

Until next time!
Ignacio

©2021 by Ignacio Alperin Bruvera

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THE SUNDAY CONCERT: Jon Batiste and friends

Jon Batiste is better known to people in the US as the bandleader and musical director on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. That is where most of us got to know him.

But his credentials are deep. He’s the co-artistic director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, and has been a collaborator with everyone from pop singer Tori Kelly to the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He’s graduate of both the New Orleans Center of the Creative Arts and the Juilliard School, and an alumni of both Wynton Marsalis’ and Roy Hargrove’s bands. And for the past decade, he’s developed his version of “jazz 2.0,” which includes what he calls “social music.”

Here, he spends his 33rd birthday playing an intimate, private concert with his band in the round while Jazz Night in America captured the show.

 SET LIST:  0:19​ – “If You’re Happy And You Know It” (Joe Raposo, arr. Jon Batiste) 4:21​ – “PRINCE” 11:16​ – “HIGHER” 19:40​ – “Round Midnight” (Thelonious Monk, Bernard D. Hanighen, Charles Cootie Williams) 28:15​ – “PWWR” 34:24​ – “BLACCK” 40:58​ – “SOULFUL” (Roy Hargrove) 48:18​ –

MUSICIANS; Jonanthan Batiste (piano, vocals, bandleader) Giveton Gelin (trumpet) Jon Lampley (trumpet, tuba) Eddie Barbash (alto saxophone) Tivon Pennicott (tenor saxophone) Endea Owens (bass) Joe Saylor (drums) Negah Santos (percussion)

Enjoy!

Until next time!
Ignacio

©2021 by Ignacio Alperin Bruvera

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THE SUNDAY CONCERT: Julie London

Today for our Sunday concert we are going vinyl. This is Ms. Julie London. One of the softest torch song voices ever recorded. Julie London (née Peck; September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. She recorded over thirty albums of pop and jazz standards between 1955 and 1969.

Just close your eyes and enjoy that voice.

Until next time!
Ignacio

©2021 by Ignacio Alperin Bruvera