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Throughout July
the Broadway cinema is screening a series of films to put you in
the right mood.
Exodus -
Bob Marley Live
Showing: Sunday July 1st at 3.30pm
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| Rasta star
- Bob Marley |
Filmed back
in 1977 when Marley's star was very much in the ascendancy following
the release of the Exodus album.
His successful
tour reached a high at the Rainbow in London. This film records
that concert.
Together with
the Wailers, Marley performs song after song which were destined
to become reggae classics.
They include
No Woman No Cry and Trenchtown Rock.
This is Sinatra
Showing:
Sunday July 8th at 3.30pm
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| Ol' Blue
Eyes |
A favourite
whenever it's shown. This is Sinatra dates from 1962.
When it was
first shown on ITV it was the first time he'd featured on television
in a concert filmed in this country.
The show was
at the Royal Albert Hall and was originally condense to 50 minutes.
Go to the Broadway
and you'll get 93 minutes of Ol Blue Eyes performing at his peak.
Buena Vista
Social Club
Showing: Sunday July 15th at 3.30pm
If it wasn't
for guitarist Ry Cooder, some of these great Cuban musicians could
have been lost forever. In 1996 he began collaborating with the
likes of Ibrahim Ferrer.
The result was
an album which became a massive hit, not just with Andy Kershaw,
but music lovers across the globe.
The Wim Wenders
film was released in 1998. It's colourful, expressive and features
some great music.
A Great Day
in Harlem
Showing: Sunday 22nd July at 3.30pm
A collage of
sights and sounds from the 50's jazz scene. The basis for Jean Bach's
movie is an Art Kane photograph taken in 1958. It brought together
57 of the world's greatest jazz musicians on a Harlem sidewalk.
Expect Art Blakey,
Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and many more to appear in a feature
narrated by Quincy Jones.
The film will
be introduced by local jazz promoter Dave Groom.
Jazz On A
Summer's Day
Showing: Sunday 29th July at 3.30pm
The jazz equivalent
of the Woodstock movie. This follows the events of the 1958 Newport
Jazz festival.
Among the artists
performing are Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan.
It's an hour
and 25 minutes of jazz from a classic time.
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