Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues - Piano Blues
by Clint Eastwood, Charles Burnett, Mike Figgis, Marc Levin, Richard Pearce
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Actor: Chester Burnett, Chris Barber (II), Chris Farlowe, Clint Eastwood, Marcia BallDirector: Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Marc Levin, Mike Figgis, Richard Pearce
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Compilation, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony
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Movie Review: Coulda been better Keeper
Summary: 3 Stars
Otis Spann, Professor Longhair, Marcia Ball...the august group list goes on and on. For the blues archivist, how about color footage of Fats Domino on the Mike Douglas Show in 1970? For Ray Charles fans, apparently one of his last filmed appearances, playing some early-career Blues, "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand".
Clint Eastwood is the host, not exactly dressed for the occasion, and not really looking relaxed until he gets his chance to tickle the ivories. By cutting that mess out, we may have had room for Fats' complete performance.
As one reviewer very astutely put, the clips are rare and beyond valuable to History and Culture, but they are mixed together with no real analysis of the diversities of style, and no programming "flow" - too much, too fast. The professional packaging aside, and the pretensions of the series aside, what we have here is a warm tribute to the Blues, with many, many segments on under-represented artists.
Somewhere along the way, I saw Little Richard's name listed as part of the program. If his *music* is in there, I don't recall it. Richard did "Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')" on the above mentioned TV show that Fats' appeared on, and this uptempo would have been a perfect example of an old art form underlying a new art form.
Summary of Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues - Piano Blues
It may have been underrated when first broadcast on PBS on consecutive nights in the fall of '03, but executive producer Martin Scorsese's homage to the blues is a truly significant, if imperfect, achievement. "Musical journey" is an apt description, as Scorsese and the six other directors responsible for the seven approximately 90-minute films follow the blues--the foundation of jazz, soul, R&B, and rock & roll--from its African roots to its Mississippi Delta origins, up the river to Memphis and Chicago, then to New York, the United Kingdom, and beyond. Because the absence of lengthier vintage clips is the principal drawback of the series, Clint Eastwood's Piano Blues is the best of the lot; a musician himself, Eastwood simply lets the players play, which means we get extensive file footage of the likes of Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, and Nat "King" Cole, as well as new performances by Ray Charles, Dr. John, and others. --Sam GrahamMusic Video & Concerts DVD Video
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