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Directed by | Ron Mann |
Produced by | Ron Mann Bill Smith |
Starring |
Paul Bley Bill Dixon Archie Shepp Cecil Taylor |
Cinematography | Robert Fresco |
Edited by | Sonya Polonsky |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Imagine the Sound is a 1981 Canadian documentary film about the once-controversial genre of free jazz, directed by Ron Mann. [1] It serves as Mann's feature film directorial debut. [2]
Imagine the Sound marks Mann's feature film directorial debut; he made the film while he was still in his early twenties. [2] The film deals with the once-controversial genre of free jazz. [3] [4] [1]
Shot entirely in Toronto, the film features interviews with and musical and dramatic performances by pianist Cecil Taylor, saxophonist Archie Shepp, trumpeter Bill Dixon, and pianist Paul Bley. [3] [4] [5] Bill Smith features as the interviewer of the film's subjects. [6]
The film has been digitally restored and was released on DVD in 2007. [7] [8]
Critic and film historian Jonathan Rosenbaum has said that Imagine the Sound “may be the best documentary on free jazz that we have.” [9]
Imagine the Sound | |
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![]() | |
Directed by | Ron Mann |
Produced by | Ron Mann Bill Smith |
Starring |
Paul Bley Bill Dixon Archie Shepp Cecil Taylor |
Cinematography | Robert Fresco |
Edited by | Sonya Polonsky |
Release date |
|
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Imagine the Sound is a 1981 Canadian documentary film about the once-controversial genre of free jazz, directed by Ron Mann. [1] It serves as Mann's feature film directorial debut. [2]
Imagine the Sound marks Mann's feature film directorial debut; he made the film while he was still in his early twenties. [2] The film deals with the once-controversial genre of free jazz. [3] [4] [1]
Shot entirely in Toronto, the film features interviews with and musical and dramatic performances by pianist Cecil Taylor, saxophonist Archie Shepp, trumpeter Bill Dixon, and pianist Paul Bley. [3] [4] [5] Bill Smith features as the interviewer of the film's subjects. [6]
The film has been digitally restored and was released on DVD in 2007. [7] [8]
Critic and film historian Jonathan Rosenbaum has said that Imagine the Sound “may be the best documentary on free jazz that we have.” [9]