Sonny Fortune Movies
- 2008
Europafest: Jazz Highlights travels not to a musical event christened 'Europafest' (as might be expected from the title), but to the Days of Jazz festival in Stuttgart, Germany, where jazz musicians who hail from a host of backgrounds and musical subgenres perform before festival audiences. Represented here are the free jazz/avant garde jazz strains of the late Sun-Ra; the post-bop/contemporary jazz of the late Michel Petrucciani; the hard bop of Archie Shepp; and much more. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Mike Mainieri, Steve Smith, (more)
Elvin Jones has worked with many legendary figures of jazz, including Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Kenny Burrell, Pepper Adams, Milt Jackson, Miles Davis, and Yusef Lateef. He joined John Coltrane's quartet in the '60s and has appeared on over 500 recordings. Elvin Jones Jazz Machine showcases his percussive expertise, and features Coltrane's son Ravi on tenor sax, with Willie Pickins on piano. In this hour-long performance video, the extraordinary drummer can be seen performing such songs as "Ray El," "Doll of the Bride," and "Is There a Jackson in the House?" ~ Alice Day, Rovi
- Starring:
- Elvin Jones
