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The Blues

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S01E07 - "Piano Blues"

Ausgestrahlt am Oct 4, 2003, 4:00 PM

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Beschreibung

Unter der leitenden Hand von Martin Scorsese, ist "The Blues" eine Serie von sieben erhebenden Filmen von berühmten Regisseuren, die eine Leidenschaft für die gleiche Musik teilen. The Blues! Die Filme, die von Scorsese, Mike Figgis, Wim Wenders, Clint Eastwood, Charles Burnett, Marc Levin und Richard Pearce gemacht worden sind, fangen die Essenz der Blues-Musik ein und führt den Zuschauer zu den Wurzeln und der Entstehung dieser einzigartigen Musikrichtung. Vom globalen Einfluss, von den Wurzeln in Afrika, bis hin zur inspirierenden Rolle in der heutigen Musik. Diese Box zeigt eindrucksvoll in sieben Filmen von sieben verschiedenen Regisseuren die vermeintlich beste Dokumentation zum Thema "Blues".

Details

Status
Beendet
Sprache
English
Laufzeit
90 min
Erstausstrahlung
September 28, 2003
Beendet
October 4, 2003
Sendeplan
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday um 0:00

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Episoden (1 Staffel · 7 Episoden)

Feel Like Going Home

Musician Corey Harris travels through Mississippi and on to West Africa, exploring the roots of the music. The film celebrates the early Delta bluesmen through original performances (including Willie King, Taj Mahal, Otha Turner, and Ali Farka Toure) and rare archival footage (featuring Son House, Muddy Waters, and John Lee Hooker).

Sep 28, 2003

110 Min.

The Soul of a Man

Wim Wenders explores the lives of his favorite blues artists — Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, and J. B. Lenoir — in a film that is part history and part personal pilgrimage. The film tells the story of these artists' lives in music through a fictional film-within-a-film, rare archival footage, and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians, including Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Lou Reed, Eagle Eye Cherry, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cassandra Wilson, Garland Jeffreys, Los Lobos, and others.

Sep 29, 2003

127 Min.

The Road to Memphis

Richard Pearce traces the musical odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of blues. Pearce's homage to Memphis features original performances by B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Rosco Gordon and Ike Turner, as well as historical footage of Howlin' Wolf and Rufus Thomas.

Sep 30, 2003

119 Min.

Warming by the Devil's Fire

Charles Burnett presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.

Oct 1, 2003

106 Min.

Godfathers and Sons

Marc Levin travels to Chicago with hip-hop legend Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the Chess Records legacy) to explore the heyday of Chicago blues as they unite to produce an album that seeks to bring veteran blues players together with contemporary hip hop musicians. Along with never-before-seen archival footage of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, are original performances by Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Ike Turner, and Sam Lay.

Oct 2, 2003

133 Min.

Red, White and Blues

Mike Figgis joins musicians such as Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Tom Jones, performing and talking about the music of the early sixties British invasion that reintroduced the blues sound to America.

Oct 3, 2003

93 Min.

Piano Blues

Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such living legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia Ball.

Oct 4, 2003

85 Min.

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