Professor Longhair Movies
- 1984
This video features three New Orleans piano players, Tuts Washington,Professor Longhair, and Allen Toussaint. In a city steeped with piano greats, these three names are among the best. Piano Players Rarely Play Together offers a glimpse of the musicians working on numbers they planned to perform in a joint performance, while talking about how the style of each had influenced the others. The performance was canceled when Henry Byrd, better known as Professor Longhair, passed away. This posthumous film pays tribute to "Fess," and has clips from his jazz funeral. There are excerpts from the concert performed by his two musical colleagues. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter, Rovi
- 1978
Always for Pleasure is a plotless cinematic celebration of the Mardi Gras. Director Les Blank concentrates less on the parades and such that the tourists get to see, preferring to dwell on the sensual pleasures of the festival. There's music aplenty, modern rock blending effortlessly with jazz and Cajun tunes. Blank has an errant eye for the bizarre and beautiful, and offers us generous portions of both. The only drawback to Always for Pleasure is that's all over in a mere 58 minutes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Professor Longhair, Kid Thomas Valentine, (more)
