Part of my purging includes letting go of three caps and seven t-shirts made on the eve of the premiere of The Grant Green Story, a documentary I co-directed, at the 2016 Harlem International Film Festival. A portion of the proceeds go to charity. The film was also shown in Tuscaloosa, Iceland and Scotland. Before… Continue reading letting go
One of the things I loved the most while working on the book and film about Grant was discovering the things that happen onstage and behind the scenes to musicians and the people in their lives. In clubs. In studios. And beyond. I learned even more about these things while living in NYC early this… Continue reading the eddy and grant
My thoughts on what I’d save during the Cold War in aftermath of a nuclear attack made it on RadioLab. Context offered 24 minutes in. I’m about 28 minutes in. Whoa! Thank you, Simon Adler, show producer! Yes, a recording of Mahalia Jackson singing The Lord’s Prayer at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival is… Continue reading radiolab interview…still pinching myself
While waiting for my connecting flight to Birmingham from Gainesville, I learned Roy Hargrove had died. Forty nine years old. Having studied the life of Grant Green, a jazz guitar great gone too soon at age 43, I know the scene is a hard one. My first time seeing you, you were saying good bye… Continue reading rest in peace, roy
Since 1994, I have been working on getting a film about the late jazz guitarist Grant Green to the marketplace. In addition to being the most recorded artist for Blue Note, American’s first indie jazz label, he’s the father of my former husband Grant Jr. (not to be confused with his brother Greg who performs… Continue reading Grant Green documentary released – at last
Repost from The Grant Green Story’s Facebook page: Looking forward to 3:30pm free screening today at the NES Artist Residency in Skagastrond, a town of about 540 people in rural Iceland. This particular residency has a film component so it will be interesting to get additional feedback from the perspective of these artists-in-residence. I understand… Continue reading excited about screening in rural seaside town today
I’m going to keep this one brief. Magical time. The movie screening went well – all things considered. Wrong movie file, but it made me commit to some images I thought I wouldn’t use. Had the privilege of meeting the Grant Green of Reykjavik in Petur Halligrimsson and seeing my new friends Ingvar and Mumbi… Continue reading magical times
I finally had a chance to upload to Youtube video of the Knitting Circle organized by Swedish artist Kerstin Lindstrom that I mentioned in an earlier post. I enjoyed the music as much as the knitting. If memory serves, someone said the trumpeter was Blonduos’ equivalent of Justin Bieber in the 1960s. If memory serves,… Continue reading Knitting music
I am exhausted beyond words, but light in spirit. I have had full days in San Francisco. Full as in rich in experience. Aside from a mishap involving one of the non-Yellow Cab companies that shall remain nameless (for now; racial profiling is so sad; had a separate unfortunate experience in a traditional cab ride),… Continue reading musings from the bay
One of the great things about the journey toward seeing “The Grant Green Story” to the marketplace is hearing feedback on the film. Since the Friday screening here at UA, and dating back to feedback heard elsewhere including a private screening for friends in my home and the Harlem International Film Festival last fall, I… Continue reading feedback on the film
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