Fire Music

Name: Fire Music
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 10, 2021
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 85
Cast: Albert Ayler, Bobby Bradford, Carla Bley, Cecil Taylor, Charlie Parker

2021

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Submarine Deluxe | Release Date: September 10, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Albert Ayler, Bobby Bradford, Carla Bley, Cecil Taylor, Charlie Parker, Dave Burrell, Don Cherry, Eric Dolphy, Gary Giddins, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Rashied Ali, Sonny Simmons, Sun Ra

Summary: Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and ‘70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers – brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, and John Coltrane – are today acknowledged as central to the evolution of jazz as America’s most innovative art form. Fire Music showcases the architects ofAlthough the free jazz movement of the 1960s and ‘70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers – brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, and John Coltrane – are today acknowledged as central to the evolution of jazz as America’s most innovative art form. Fire Music showcases the architects of a movement whose radical brand of improvisation pushed harmonic and rhythmic boundaries and produced landmark albums like Coleman’s Free Jazz: A Collective Inspiration and Coltrane’s Ascension. A rich trove of archival footage conjures the 1960s jazz scene along with incisive reflections by critic Gary Giddins and a number of the movement’s key players.… Expand

Director: Tom Surgal

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Glenn Kenny

Sep 9, 2021

This concise but cogent documentary directed by Tom Surgal is crammed with exhilarating sounds, moving reminiscences and stimulating arguments that it is not just music, but vital music. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Sep 9, 2021

Featuring past and recent interviews with many of the key figures and generous doses of archival photographs and vintage performance footage, Fire Music should be on any serious music lover’s must-see list. Read full review

Chuck Foster

Sep 11, 2021

Fire Music is a comprehensive overview of the major players in this wild, unrelenting scene. Keep in mind, this is a 90-minute documentary, not a 20-hour Ken Burns epic, so it moves quickly. The point, however, is not to be the ultimate authority on the subject but to discuss the motivations and mindsets of the artists involved. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Sep 22, 2021

The story Surgal tells is ultimately fascinating but dry, deep but limited, and a lesson more than an experience. Read full review

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