“Köln 75” starts with Brandes meeting Ronnie Scott, a British jazz musician and owner of a London jazz club. Scott asks Brandes to arrange some concerts for him in Germany and so, from that chance ...
Rather than a worthy, respectful, by-the-book homage, Fluk takes a leaf out of Jarrett’s book and improvises the hell out of his story – not least by focussing not on the artist, but the 18-year-old, ...
Köln 75, directed by Israel-born, New York-based Ido Fluk, is a little like The Big Short at times, in that it features ...
My mother passed away on July 9, 2003. She was a classically trained pianist with not much interest in jazz. She taught music at PS 136 in Queens, New York, and she put up with my musical taste. She ...