RON MANN & BILL SMITH present Imagine The Sound
Imagine the Sound (1981) was Ron Mann's directorial debut and remains the definitive cinematic portrait of early experimental jazz. Shot in Toronto, it features some of creative music's greatest protagonists Paul Bley, Bill Dixon, Archie Shepp, and Cecil Taylor. The film lovingly reveals each player's particular playing approach and philosophy through rousing and vividly captured performances as well as cogent and candid interviews. Since this film Mann has delivered now-classic documentaries such as Grass and Comicbook Confidential, yet Imagine the Sound maintains its iconic status through raw yet beautiful photography, and insightful questions posed by Coda Magazine/ Sackville Records head honcho Bill Smith, the film's co-producer. Both will be on hand to present and discuss the film in a Q&A session following the screening.
BRASS KNUCKLE SANDWICH
Brass Knuckle Sandwich is the duo of Nicole Rampersaud (trumpet) and Marilyn Lerner (piano), two of Canada's most celebrated creative musicians. Rampersaud's singular vision and sly virtuosity on her instrument made her an intriguing inaugural composer-in-residence at EVERYSEEKER (fka OBEY Convention) last year. Her keen textural imagination is a major part of outfits like Brodie West's Eucalyptus and c_RL with Allison Cameron and Germaine Liu. Meanwhile, brilliant keyboard colourist Marilyn Lerner is among the country's most imaginative and eclectic performers with a practice that spans everything from bold spontaneous playing to klezmer. Lerner's music was once touted by the Penguin Guide to Jazz as demanding "a far wider hearing than it has so far received... Brilliant!"