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IMAGINE THE SOUND : REVIEWS & ARTICLES |
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AllAboutJazz.com
The state of jazz in America in 1981 has remained a sort of lost history, in no small part due to the resounding indifference met by a brilliant film of the same year: Imagine the Sound. Now, with the Ron Mann-directed documentary reissued on DVD for the first time, this overshadowed period can reenter the spotlight to educate, enlighten and entertain those who either missed it the first time around or who weren't around to experience it first-hand.
Cinematheque Ontario
Ron Mann's fine, elegant documentary, his first feature-length work, showcases four specific players - pianist Paul Bley, trumpeter Bill Dixon, saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Cecil Taylor.
SXSW Interview:
Ron Mann, ‘Imagine the Sound’
Georgia Straight:
Mann may have learned a thing of two about technology, but Imagine the Sound is proof that his vision was clear right from the start.
New York Sun:
splendid!
Toronto Star:
Dark Side sent Ron Mann to jazz. How an overload of Pink Floyd turned filmmaker's lens away from rock.
Vueweekly:
Ron Mann’s Imagine the Sound (1981) has been revived and thrown back into circulation for the event of its 25th birthday. Its return to the fringes of popular consciousness is nothing less than a revelation, a much-needed, lively, beautiful, strange, confrontational but effortlessly seductive document...
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