Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past

Name: Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
Genre: Biography, History, Music, Documentary
Released: January 13, 2017
Rating: 74

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First Run Features | Release Date: January 13, 2017

Summary: Bandleader Vince Giordano keeps the Jazz Age alive with his 11-member band The Nighthawks, vintage musical instruments, and a collection of more than 60,000 original arrangements from the 1920s and '30s.

Director: Amber Edwards and Dave Davidson

Genre(s): Biography, History, Music, Documentary

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Stephen Holden

Jan 12, 2017

This movie, directed and produced by Dave Davidson and Amber Edwards, digs deeply enough into Mr. Giordano’s world to convey the drudgery and headaches of being a bandleader. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jan 6, 2017

The directors never lose sight of the struggles and the hard work that go along with his calling. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Jan 11, 2017

When the Nighthawks light into an arrangement, they're not aping a record you could spin or download at home — they're attempting to discover what it might have been like to hear those bands of back then blowing the doors off a joint. Read full review

Noel Murray

Apr 13, 2017

By showing the exhausting diligence that goes into moments of pure transcendent joy onstage, this doc should make new fans for Giordano’s living museum. Read full review

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Jan 15, 2017

Just saw this. If you love hot jazz, are a dancer, or just want to see what it takes to be a crazy Big band bandleader, check out this excellent documentary on Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks. See it Sunday at 7 or 9pm and Vince and the producers will there for a Q & A. Also showing in NYCJust saw this. If you love hot jazz, are a dancer, or just want to see what it takes to be a crazy Big band bandleader, check out this excellent documentary on Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks. See it Sunday at 7 or 9pm and Vince and the producers will there for a Q & A. Also showing in NYC until Thurs, but no Q&A after Sunday. Such a well done movie showing the NYC Icon who's music has provided legitimacy to Scorese's Aviator, Woody Allen's movies, Boardwalk Empire, Mildred Pierce and many more. It's an amazing story. Love the parts at the Newport Jazz Festival, the Louie Armstrong house, his appearance on Pairie Home Companion, as well as the first NEW York Hot Jazz Festival.… Expand

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