ITL #25: The Jazz Loft

Chris and Sridhar discuss the documentary “The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith.” They also discuss the musical scenes and cultures of various cities and their orchestras.

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Useful Links:

W. Eugene Smith - Profile (with lots of his photos!)

W. Eugene Smith - Master of the Photo Essay

W. Eugene Smith - Wikipedia

The Picture He Took When He Stood Up - Blast photo

Soldier from the Battle of Saipan

Train tracks from Smith's Pittsburgh essay

Eugene Smith portrait

Dali at the Jazz Loft

Thelonious Monk at the Jazz Loft

Zoot Sims at the Jazz Loft

Thelonious Monk with Hall Overton at the Jazz Loft

Another of Monk and Overton

Vincent Lucas recital - professor at the Paris Conservatory

Jean-Pierre Rampal - Marseilles style

Petrouchka with Abbado and London Symphony Orchestra

Rite of Spring with Abbado and London Symphony Orchestra

Mitsuko Uchida - Chopin Chromatic Étude Op. 10/2

Gustav Leonhardt - Bach English Suite no. 1

Bach - Musical Offering with the Kuijken Brothers

Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - Bach Orchestral Suite no. 2

Pierre Hantaï on Gustav Leonhardt - All of Bach Project

George Balanchine and New York City Ballet

We do not endorse Peter Martins

Analysis of Mikhail Baryshnikov's dancing

Mikhail Baryshnikov and Elaine Kudo dance Sinatra