Jazz '34: Remembrances of Kansas City Swing Movie Review 1996

When director Robert Altman was shooting his 1996 film "Kansas City," he decided to re-create a Depression-era, all-night jam session featuring 21 contemporary jazz musicians, including Joshua Redman, Ron Carter, and David "Fathead" Newman, playing the music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and others.

Distribution

Rhapsody Films, Inc., 46-2 Becket Hill Rd., Old Lyme, CT 06371, Email: rhapsodyfilms@sbcglobal.net, URL: http://rhapsodyfilms.com

Available on VHS
Running time 57 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Music--Jazz, Music--Performance

Director

Robert Altman

Other

Harry Belafonte