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Title: Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past (2016)
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| Vince Giordano | ... | Self - Band leader | |
| Garrison Keillor | ... | Self | |
| David Johansen | ... | Self | |
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Terry Gross | ... | Self - Interviewer (voice) |
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George Wein | ... | Self |
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Catherine Russell | ... | Self |
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Andy Stein | ... | Self - Violinist |
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Mark Lopeman | ... | Self - Reeds |
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Jim Fryer | ... | Self - Trombone |
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Jon-Erik Kellso | ... | Self - Cornet |
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Mike Ponella | ... | Self - Trumpet |
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Ken Salvo | ... | Self - Banjo / Guitar |
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Peter Yarin | ... | Self - Pianist |
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Adrian Cunningham | ... | Self - Reeds |
A feature-length documentary about musician, scholar and bandleader Vince Giordano who, with his 11-member band The Nighthawks, has doggedly kept alive the popular music of the 1920s and '30s for the past forty years. Through Vince's story, the viewer will be immersed in the Hot Jazz and Swing that fueled Prohibition high-jinx and cheered up Depression-era America. And they will see what it takes to make a life as a professional jazz musician in 21st Century New York. Giordano's dedication, along with a handful of others, has kept this cultural phenomenon on life support through hard times, and introduced it to a new generation of Hot Jazz devotees and virtuosos who are laying claim to this joyful, energetic music.
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks have been playing jazz in the US, and primarily in the New York City area, for over 40 years. This film lovingly explores his decades as a bandleader; his commitment to collecting, preserving and archiving the original sheet music of over 60,000 songs (and what to do with such a collection in his basement?); his perpetual loading and unloading of the band's equipment in his van (there's a lot of lugging depicted); and offers a behind the scenes look at the drains of what old school band promotion still entails, even when you're the Hollywood go-to guy for music of these eras Charming indie film. Other than that you'll smile and tap your toes (and maybe even applaud) throughout, there's such merit in this little gem. Vince and the Nighthawks are consummate musicians dedicated to preserving and honoring jazz from decades ago; this film is a lovely homage to all of them. (They schlep a lot of equipment and they bring joy to everyone who listens to them.) Cross your fingers for wider release of the film, and for someone to ask "How come Vince hasn't gotten a MacArthur Genius Award yet?" and to get that ball in motion.