Jacob Burns Film Center Sounds of Summer 2024
Jacob Burns Film Center Sounds of Summer 2024
The Jacob Burns Center’s Sounds of Summer film series returns with 14 evenings and afternoons of documentaries, concert films, live performances and music chats from Thursday, July 11 to Thursday, August 29. This eclectic curation of music films hits all the right notes from 1930s swing to Calypso, classic rock, avant-jazz, Bossa Nova and ambient music. And features music legends from Artie Shaw to Brian Eno, Stevie Van Zandt, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Zombies, Taking Heads and Louis Armstrong.
Jacob Burns Film Center Sounds of Summer: Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Film Center Sounds of Summer: Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple This revealing film chronicles the many lives of Van Zandt, who reinvented himself time and time again. From producing music with Bruce Springsteen and playing guitar in the E […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill The never-before-told story of folk-rock icon Judee Sill, who in just two years went from living in a car to appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone. The […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Hung Up On a Dream: The Zombies Documentary
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Hung Up On a Dream: The Zombies Documentary British Invasion icons The Zombies reflect on paving 60 years and counting of their musical path from teenage friends to legends in the Rock and Roll Hall […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Artie Shaw: Time is All You’ve Got
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Artie Shaw: Time is All You’ve Got Anchored by an incisive interview with its then 72-year-old subject, Artie Shaw: Time is All You’ve Got looks back on the five-decade career of “King of the Clarinet” Artie […]
Jacob Burns Film Center: Jazz for a Summer Day Hosted by John Pizzarelli
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Film Center: Jazz for a Summer Day Hosted by John Pizzarelli JBFC’s Sounds of Summer Series presents Jazz for a Summer Day hosted by John Pizzarelli. This three-part program kicks off with Morning Jam at noon with the […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Deconstructing The Dark Side of the Moon
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Deconstructing The Dark Side of the Moon Scott Freiman has been entertaining audiences at the Jacob Burns with his Deconstructing the Beatles presentations for nearly fifteen years. This August, Freiman brings his first non-Beatles deconstruction […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: A Hard Day’s Night
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: A Hard Day’s Night Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester and featuring a slew of iconic pop anthems, including the title track, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “I Should Have Known Better,” and “If […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: One Hand Don’t Clap
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: One Hand Don’t Clap One Hand Don’t Clap captures the vibrant story of calypso and the emergence of soca, through the eyes of two legendary artists, Lord Kitchener, the Grandmaster of the music and Calypso […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Eno
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Eno Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno—known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing more than 40 solo and collaboration albums—reveals his creative processes […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Space is the Place
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Space is the Place Avant-jazz mystic Sun Ra brought his pioneering Afrofuturist vision to the screen with this film version of his concept album. It’s a wild, kaleidoscopic whirl of science fiction, sharp social commentary, […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Stop Making Sense
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Stop Making Sense Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: An Evening at the Bob Dylan Center
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: An Evening at the Bob Dylan Center Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins returns to the Jacob Burns Film Center with a brand-new collection of rarities. “I contain multitudes,” Dylan professes in the lead track […]
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