Birth of the Blues (1941)
Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !
Gênero : Música, Romance
Runtime : 1H 27M
Director : Victor Schertzinger
Sinopse
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.
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Um casal feliz, prestes a ter seu primeiro bebê, decide comprar uma grande casa abandonada na Nova Orleans. O lugar é conhecido na região como uma mansão mal-assombrada, mas eles não acreditam nessas histórias e acreditam que podem ter um bom investimento em mãos se fizerem uma boa reforma. Pouco tempo depois da mudança, eles começam a suspeitar que fantasmas estão presentes no local, e que a esposa grávida teria sido possuída por um demônio. Com medo de ter um filho marcado por forças do mal, o marido chama a elite de exorcistas do Vaticano para salvá-los.
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Joe Gardner é um professor de música de ensino fundamental desanimado por não conseguir alcançar seu sonho de tocar no lendário clube de jazz The Blue Note, em Nova York. Quando um acidente o transporta para fora do seu corpo, fazendo com que ele exista em outra realidade na forma de sua alma, ele se vê forçado a embarcar em uma aventura ao lado da alma de uma criança que ainda está aprendendo sobre si, para aprender o que é necessário para retomar sua vida.
Folk-jazz composer/arranger Arthur Verocai was born in Rio de Janeiro. He has created challenging arragements and compositions for Brazilian artists Jorge Ben, Ivan Lins, Leny Andrade and Gal Costa. In 1972 Verocai recorded a self-titled solo LP. It is a stunningly innovative effort. It puts Verocai into a rarified field with the heavy string oriented music of Charles Stepney, David Axelrod and Frank Zappa. Released in a period marked by the Brazilian military government, the album fared poorly. Following its re-issue in 2003, the album has become a highly influential oft sampled classic (see Ludacris, MF Doom and Little Brother). The performance of this seminal 1972 record in its entirety brought the capacity Luckmann crowd to a stand still. According to Verocai, 'he had never played the record, alive or dead!' His delight can be seen on the DVD. The music has been mixed by Verocai himself in Rio. History turned on its head and musical justice served.
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