We recieved an open invite from one of L.A.'s great jazz masters (not to mention jazz storytellers), Buddy Collette. Apparently, he's just finished scoring the music for a documentary called The Eastsiders. It celebrates, with interviews (including Jackie Kelso, Clora Bryant and Mr. Collette) and archival footage, exceptional people from the east side of Los Angeles (not East L.A., but the area around Central Avenue) from 1920 through 1965.
Here's the skinny on the screening:
THE EASTSIDERS
A Documentary of the Eastside of Los Angeles 1920 to 1965
Free Admission! Light Snackies!
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 1:00 PM
Auditorium of L.A. Trade Tech College
400 W, Washington Blvd. (Administrative Bldg)
(facing Washington Blvd at Grand Ave.)
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90015
If you can't make the screening, The Eastsiders will be broadcast on October 14, 2008 at 9pm on KLCS-TV/DT.
LISTENING:
Neko Case - Live from Austin, TX [New West] 2006
DNA on DNA [No More] 2004
Gang of Four - Entertainment! [Rhino] 2005 reissue
The Gathering - Leimert Park: The Roots and Branches of L.A. Jazz [self-released] 2008
Vinny Golia Quintet - One, Three, Two [Jazz'halo] 2003
M.I.A. - Kala [Interscope] 2007
No Age - Nouns [Sub Pop] 2008
Pearl Jam - Live at the Gorge [Rhino] 2007
The Sea and Cake - Everybody [Thrill Jockey] 2007
Horace Tapscott/Roberto Miranda/Sonship Theus - Live from Lobero Vol. 1
[Nimbus West] 2006
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is EP [Interscope] 2007
READING:
What Is The What by Dave Eggers
Zeroville by Steve Erickson
Warlock by Oakley Hall
That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History by Allen Lowe
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
