Upcoming Events at Burns Court Cinema
Wed Mar 6, 9:00 AM - Wed Mar 6, 6:00 PM
506 Burns Court, 34236, Sarasota, FL 34236
Community: Sarasota
Description
"Round Midnight" is a 1986 American-French musical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and written by Tavernier and David Rayfiel. It stars Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet and Herbie Hancock.
Event Details
Martin Scorsese, Philippe Noiret and Wayne Shorter appear in cameos. The protagonist jazzman, "Dale Turner", was based on a composite of real-life jazz legends Lester Young (tenor sax) and Bud Powell (piano). While the film is fictionalized, it is drawn directly from the memoir/biography Dance of the Infidels written by French author Francis Paudras, who had befriended Powell during his Paris expatriate days and on whom the character "Francis" is based. The film is a wistful and tragic portrait that captures the Paris jazz scene of the 1950s. Gordon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and won a Grammy for the film's soundtrack entitled The Other Side of Round Midnight in the category for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Soloist. Hancock won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score. (Wikipedia Entry) The film will be preceded by a live jazz performance by Jeremy Carter on saxophone & John O’Leary on keys. This is Sarasota Jazz Festival Special Event! JAZZ CLUB MEMBERS RECEIVE $5.00 DISCOUNT -
