On November 13th, the documentary Billie, about “the world’s greatest jazz vocalist,” releases in theaters and virtually. It is slated to show us the real Billie Holiday and her struggles.
Click here to see the trailer.
“I’ll be seeing you in every lovely summer’s day.” -Billie Holiday
Photo credit: Greenwich Entertainment and Marina Maral
All three are brilliant……and they love music!
Me!
As you may know, musicians are among professionals whose work has been gravely impacted by the Coronavirus quarantine. Some of you helped by buying my album art posters (thanks again!), and I spent lots of time writing grants for support….and was awarded! Thank the heavens!
Big hugs and kisses to United States Artists, the National Endowment for the Arts, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities and DC Department of Small & Local Business Development. You are incredible!
Continuous – Remix feat. Jaymo & Lini appears on my album, Love. It is an R&B song where singer Jaymo Clark and rapper Lini add the verses about love. Their words still resonate, now, in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and my push for economic equality.
This inspired a video that begins bright, ends dark and navigates warrantless inequality, that is partly captured through personal and professional photos of black men.
CLICK HERE to see the video on YouTube. Do share it, if you are so inspired.
From September 1 thru December 1, the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel will present Women Make Film, an impressive television event showcasing the work and stories surrounding women filmmakers. The 100 films shown that span 12 decades will represent 6 continents and 44 countries, including work by Sofia Coppola and Ava DuVernay.
Visit WomenMakeFilm.TCM.com for the full lineup and more information.
On Thursday, August 20 at 8:00 PM EST, the National Endowment for the Arts will present its annual tribute to jazz masters. This year, the organization will honor during a free, live streaming event vocalist Bobby McFerrin, saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, bassist Reggie Workman and Dorthaan Kirk, widow of legendary saxophonist, Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
The stream will broadcast on several jazz-related websites including NEA, SFJAZZ, All About Jazz, Smithsonian Jazz and NPR Music, as well as via radio broadcasts on WPFW 89.3 FM (DC), WBGO 88.3 FM (New York) and KCSM 91.1 FM (California).
CLICK HERE for short bios on the extraordinary honorees and for the full list of streaming locations.
Beginning on July 10 and running through August, indulge in streaming films and live events celebrating 25 years of the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art’s Made in Hong Kong Film Festival. The festival is co-presented with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office.
Click HERE for the festival website and to watch these intriguing films.
Through July 3, United Talent Agency’s Artist Space is hosting the virtual exhibition, Renaissance: Noir. The exhibition is curated by Myrtis Bedolla, Founding Director of Galerie Myrtis in Baltimore, MD, and takes the viewer through the Black experience from the perspective of 12 emerging artists, a group whose age range spans 40 years.
Located in Beverly Hills, UTA’s client roster includes A-list entertainers Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bad Bunny, Bruce Willis, Chance the Rapper, Seth Myers, Don Cheadle and countless others. Experience this remarkable work alongside them.
Shown here: Circus Circus on Fifth Ave. (2019) by Arvie Smith
In February 2019, filmmaker Rahima Rice premiered Making & Breaking, a uniquely clever short film about the beginning and end of a romantic relationship, with some fun in between. The film includes two songs by Changamiré. One year later, it won the People’s Choice Award at the OLA Film Festival, an effort by the Omicron Lambda Alpha – APA fraternity that supports emerging filmmakers.
During the Coronavirus quarantine, Omicron Lambda Alpha is showing online the films from their inaugural 2020 festival. Making & Breaking is scheduled for Monday, June 29 at 8:00 PM followed by a talk with Rahima Rice.
For more details, CLICK HERE to go to the event’s Facebook page. Don’t miss the opportunity to see this wonderful film.
In collaboration with ingenious advertising developer, Bernd Ahle, Changamiré is proud to participate in The Seven Tones Project, an effort that brings musicians and filmmakers together from around the world to honor the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. A secondary aspect of the project is to demonstrate what artists can create with limited resources, as a result of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic.
Presenting Duke’s I Got It Bad, the Changamiré/Bernd Ahle film can be seen on YouTube by clicking here.
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