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Bookmark this pageRobert Altman's Jazz '34: Remembrances of Kansas City Swing (1996)
Director: Robert Altman
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From Time Out Film Guide
An off-shoot from Kansas City, this keeps the focus entirely on KC's legendary all-night jam sessions where the likes of Lester Young plied their trade. The music is stonking, but the documentary aspects are disappointingly half-hearted (brief oral testimonies sound suspiciously phony), and even the jam re-creations feel contrived. Handsomely shot and immaculately recorded, so it should please the jazzers.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Robert Altman
Producer: James McLindon, Matthew Seig, Brent Carpenter, Robert Altman
Cast: Jesse David, David 'Fathead' Newman, Ron Carter, Christian McBride, Tyrone Clarke, Don Byron, Russell Malone, Mark Whitfield, Victor Lewis, Geri Allen, Cyrus Chestnut full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 72 mins
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