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Jazzed Media to produce Woody Herman documentary
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Jazzed Media, a jazz record label and film production company, has started production of a documentary film on big band jazz legend Woody Herman titled Blue Flame. This is the fourth jazz documentary from filmmaker Graham Carter, owner of Jazzed Media.
Woody Herman was one of the most famous big band leaders from the 1940's swing era who managed to make the transition through various big band jazz music eras including bebop in the late 1940's, rock oriented jazz in the late 1960's and 1970s, and into the 1980s after a resurgence in contemporary big band jazz.
Herman was also responsible for helping bring to fame many jazz stars who got their start on his band —to name only a few: Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Flip Phillips, Neal Hefti, Terry Gibbs, Stan Getz, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Sal Nistico, Bill Chase, Frank Tiberi, Alan Broadbent, Joe Lovano, and Jeff Hamilton. Essential to the forward-thinking and always contemporary music of the Herds were some of the finest jazz composers/arrangers of the past seven decades including Ralph Burns, Neal Hefti, Shorty Rogers, Gene Roland, Gerry Mulligan, Bill Holman, Nat Pierce, and Alan Broadbent.
Jazzed Media, a jazz record label and film production company, was founded in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area in 2002. Jazzed Media's owner Graham Carter is a multi-Grammy nominated record producer (The Bill Holman Band Live and The Bill Holman Band Hommage) and award winning jazz filmmaker (Phil Woods A Life in E Flat and Bud Shank Against the Tide). Carter produced the Jazzed Media production Phil Woods A Life in E Flat and produced and directed the Bud Shank documentary Against the Tide. Graham Carter also produced and directed the forthcoming Stan Kenton documentary Artistry in Rhythm that will be released in early 2011.
To date Jazzed Media has released over 50 jazz CDs and DVDs. Jazzed Media is distributed in the U.S. by Allegro Media Group out of Portland, Oregon. Jazzed Media also has distributors in Japan, England, and Spain.
Artists appearing on the Jazzed Media label include Phil Woods, Bud Shank, Terry Gibbs, Bill Holman, Bob Florence, Bill Charlap, Brian Lynch, Hubert Laws, Marvin Stamm, Bill Mays, Carl Saunders, Don Menza, Christian Jacob, Scott Whitfield, Andy Martin, Lanny Morgan, Bobby Shew, Irene Kral, Jackie & Roy, Bob Lark, Lorraine Feather, Jim McNeely, Mel Martin, Benny Carter, Frank Tiberi, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Jeff Clayton, and Matt Wilson.
Jazzed Media to Produce Stan Kenton Documentary
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Jazzed Media, a jazz record label and film production company, has started production of a documentary on jazz legend Stan Kenton entitled “Artisty in Rhythm”.
Stan Kenton is acknowledged as one of the pioneers in developing contemporary big band jazz, with a career as bandleader starting in the 1940's and lasting through the late 1970's. Kenton was also responsibile for helping bring to fame many jazz stars including June Christy, Maynard Ferguson, and Lee Konitz. Many great arrangers wrote for the Kenton band including Bill Holman, Bill Russo, Lennie Niehaus, Gerry Mulligan, and Pete Rugolo.
Jazzed Media, a jazz record label and film production company, was founded in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area in 2002. Jazzed Media's owner Graham Carter is a Grammy nominated record producer (The Bill Holman Band “Live”) and award winning jazz filmmaker (Phil Woods “A Life in E Flat”). Graham Carter produced the Jazzed Media production Phil Woods “A Life in E Flat” and the forthcoming Bud Shank documentary “Against the Tide”. Graham Carter will be directing and producing the Stan Kenton documentary “Artisty in Rhythm”.
Artists appearing on the Jazzed Media label include Phil Woods, Bud Shank, Terry Gibbs, Bill Holman, Bob Florence, Bill Charlap, Brian Lynch, Hubert Laws, Marvin Stamm, Bill Mays, Carl Saunders, Don Menza, Christian Jacob, Scott Whitfield, Andy Martin, Lanny Morgan, Bobby Shew, Irene Kral, Jackie & Roy, Bob Lark, Ron Stout, Jim McNeely, Mel Martin, Benny Carter, Frank Tiberi, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Jeff Clayton, and Matt Wilson.
Jazzed Media Starts Production on Bud Shank Documentary
Jazzed Media, a jazz record label and film production company, has started production of a documentary on jazz alto saxophone legend Bud Shank entitled “Against the Tide”.
Bud Shank has been at the forefront of the jazz world since the 1950's, having started his career in the bands of Charlie Barnet and Stan Kenton. Bud joined the Howard Rumsey Lighthouse All Stars in the 1950's and quickly became an  integral member of the “West Coast” jazz scene. Bud composed and performed the music for the ground breaking Bruce Brown surfing movies “Slippery When Wet” and “Barefoot Adventure”.
Numerous jazz recordings during the 1950's and 1960's led Bud to a large amount of studio work in Los Angeles during the 1960's and 1970's. During this period Bud performed primarily on both Alto Sax and Flute.
In the 1970's and 1980's Shank joined with Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, and Laurindo Almeida to form the world-renowned LA Four, who recorded and toured extensively through the decade.
Bud performed a specially composed concert for jazz alto sax with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1980's, and formed the Bud Shank Workshop in Port Townsend, Washington.
Today Bud Shank lives in Tucson, Arizona and continues to perform around the world.
Bud Shank has also appeared on the Jazzed Media CD The Bud Shank Big Band Taking the Long Way Home , and the forthcoming CD Bud Shank/Bill Mays Beyond the Red Door.
Artists appearing on the Jazzed Media label include Phil Woods, Bud Shank, Terry Gibbs, Bill Holman, Bob Florence, Bill Charlap, Brian Lynch, Hubert Laws, Marvin Stamm, Bill Mays, Carl Saunders, Don Menza, Christian Jacob, Scott Whitfield, Andy Martin, Lanny Morgan, Bobby Shew, Irene Kral, Jackie & Roy, Bob Lark, Ron Stout, Jim McNeely, Mel Martin, Benny Carter, Frank Tiberi, and Matt Wilson.
Jazzed Media, a jazz record label and film production company, was founded in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area in 2002. Jazzed Media's owner Graham Carter is a Grammy nominated record producer (The Bill Holman Band “Live”) and award winning jazz filmmaker (Phil Woods “A Life in E Flat”).
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