Tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd talks about and plays excellent jazz in Dorothy Darr's hourlong documentary, which premiered locally at the Pan African Film Festival.
A painter, Darr uses video technology to enhance footage of the jazz man in rehearsals filmed before a 1993 concert in New York, creating an impressionistic portrait that concentrates on the music and the creative process.
Lloyd, who shared the bill many times with The Grateful Dead, is seen in archival material, including a historic trip to Russia.
But "Charles Lloyd: Memphis Is in Egypt" is most involving when he talks about "flow" and his "orchestra of love."
Lloyd's music is a blueprint that allows the individual musicians to be creative.
The other members of Lloyd's quartet -- drummer Billy Hart, pianist Bobo Stenson and bassist Anders Jormin -- provide insight into the man and his art.
A convincing argument is made that the Memphis native was at the forefront of the "world music" trend, but the affable musician embraces new knowledge every day and looks back on his younger days when he was too confident.
Along with the video "diary" entries, film footage and interviews, Darr's film includes more than a dozen Lloyd compositions, including "Goin' to Memphis", "Bit by the Cobra", "Sweet Georgia Bright" and "Fish Out of Water".
CHARLES LLOYD: MEMPHIS IS IN EGYPT
Director Dorothy Darr
Director of photography John Colao
Editors Dorothy Darr, Eric Sherman
Color/stereo
With:Charles Lloyd, Billy Hart Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin
Running time -- 58 minutes
No MPAA rating...
A painter, Darr uses video technology to enhance footage of the jazz man in rehearsals filmed before a 1993 concert in New York, creating an impressionistic portrait that concentrates on the music and the creative process.
Lloyd, who shared the bill many times with The Grateful Dead, is seen in archival material, including a historic trip to Russia.
But "Charles Lloyd: Memphis Is in Egypt" is most involving when he talks about "flow" and his "orchestra of love."
Lloyd's music is a blueprint that allows the individual musicians to be creative.
The other members of Lloyd's quartet -- drummer Billy Hart, pianist Bobo Stenson and bassist Anders Jormin -- provide insight into the man and his art.
A convincing argument is made that the Memphis native was at the forefront of the "world music" trend, but the affable musician embraces new knowledge every day and looks back on his younger days when he was too confident.
Along with the video "diary" entries, film footage and interviews, Darr's film includes more than a dozen Lloyd compositions, including "Goin' to Memphis", "Bit by the Cobra", "Sweet Georgia Bright" and "Fish Out of Water".
CHARLES LLOYD: MEMPHIS IS IN EGYPT
Director Dorothy Darr
Director of photography John Colao
Editors Dorothy Darr, Eric Sherman
Color/stereo
With:Charles Lloyd, Billy Hart Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin
Running time -- 58 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 2/18/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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