Apr 30, 20197 minVIEW FROM THE INSIDE: Remembering Jazz on a Summer's DayBy Randy Freedman Set against the elegant and picturesque backdrop of Newport, RI at the height of its summer season, the film Jazz On A Summer's Day both re...
Mar 27, 20196 minVIEW FROM THE INSIDE: The Influence of Paul BleyBy Randy Freedman During an interview that Ben Ratliff, music critic, for the New York Times conducted with guitarist Pat Metheny in 2005 , Metheny recalled ...
Mar 4, 20195 minVIEW FROM THE INSIDE: A Walk in the World GardensBy Randy Freedman Any examination of the intersection and distinction between jazz and classical music and culture raises a couple of interesting questions. ...
Feb 1, 20199 minVIEW FROM THE INSIDE: CONTROVERSY IS THE GREEN BOOKBy Randy Freedman Director Peter Farrelly's 2018 film The Green Book is a highly entertaining, yet disturbingly accurate and highly controversial commentary ...
Nov 1, 20185 minVIEW FROM THE INSIDE: A STAR IS BORNBy Randy Freedman A Star is Born: The Return Of The Hollywood Musical Whatis the definition of a big Hollywood motion picture musical in 2018? That is one of...
Oct 2, 20187 minVIEW FROM THE INSIDEBy Randy Freedman Amy Winehouse: Fading To Black The 2015 film Amy is director Asif Kasadia's behind the scenes look at the rise and fall of the British voca...
Sep 5, 20185 minVIEW FROM THE INSIDE: The Other Side of La La Landby Randy Freedman Whether it’s just a brush of romantic license in how this film renders 1959 Los Angeles or the lush, warm and earthy tones of Gus Bendinell...
Jul 9, 20185 minVIEW FROM THE INSIDE: RIDING WITH JOHN COLTRANEby Randy Freedman Chasing Trane:The John Coltrane Documentary is a 2016 biographical motion picture celebrating, remembering, illustrating, and honoring, the...