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Bookmark this pageThe Blues A Musical Journey: Piano Blues (2003)
Director: Clint Eastwood
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Eastwood indulges his lifelong affection for jazz and blues with this engagingly relaxed, no-nonsense look at the art of Tatum, Peterson, Nat Cole, Professor Longhair, Ray Charles, Jay McShann, Brubeck, Dr John, et al. The last four mentioned are still around to wax wonderfully about their influences and experiences, and play a few bars at the same time - Brubeck has one especially fine number. Then there are the archive clips... Beautifully unpretentious, and made with true love and understanding.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Clint Eastwood
Producer: Clint Eastwood, Bruce Ricker
Cast: Ray Charles, Dr John, Marcia Ball, Pinetop Perkins, Dave Brubeck, Jay McShann, Art Tatum, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Jay McShann, Big Joe Turner, Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole, Martha Davis, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Charles Brown, Duke Ellington, Professor Longhair, Ray Charles Otis Spann full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 92 mins
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