Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield

Nascimento : 1942-06-03, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Morte : 1999-12-26

História

Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.

Perfil

Curtis Mayfield

Filmes

Kings of Soul
Self (archive footage)
A documentary celebrating the men whose vocal stylings have carried the torch for soul across six decades.. Featuring footage of Brenton Wood performing Gimme Little Sign and Curtis Mayfield singing Keep On Keeping On, as well as appearances by Billy Preston, Bill Withers, Billy Ocean, Alexander O'Neal, Barry White, Bobby Womack and many more.
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
Self (archive footage)
Movin' On Up is the definitve documentary on one of the most important artists and greatest groups of all time.
Classic Soul at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
A collection of some of the greatest soul performances from the BBC's archive, featuring Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Dusty Springfield, Isaac Hayes, Solomon Burke and Percy Sledge.
Curtis Mayfield: Live at Montreux 1987
Self
Curtis Mayfield was one of the dominant figures of soul music for three decades. This performance, filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1987, finds Curtis on fine form. His distinctive falsetto vocals and fine gutiar playing are evidence on a classic set that spans his career from early Impressions hits such as Gypsy Woman and It's Alright through to his solo classics including Move On Up, Freddie's Dead (theme from "Superfly"), If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go and People Get Ready.
Guitar Heroes: In Concert
Self
The Guitar is the uncrowned king of rock ‘n’ roll instruments. Live, without any safety net, our Guitar Heroes make their instruments sing, laugh and cry, rage and rejoice as they dazzle you with their virtuoso finger-work, sheer power, and infectious emotion. Track listing: Roben Ford & The Blue Line: Prison Of Love, Duke Robillard: Gee I Wish, Walter Trout: Running Blues, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown: Mojo Workin’, Rick Vito & The Lucky Devils: Long Black Car, Edgar Winter/Rick Derringer: I Play Guitar, Joe Louis Walker: Riding High, Popa Chubby: Stoop Down Baby, Curtis Mayfield: Pusherman, Bill Wyman’ Rhythm Kings Feat. Albert Lee: Jump Jive And Wail, Larry Carlton: I Gotta Right, Steve Lukather: Freedom, Albert Collins: Tired Man.
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than a complete record. It features interviews with some of the genre's biggest stars, like Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, and Richard Roundtree. Director Melvin Van Peebles discusses the historical importance of his landmark film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. For a contemporary perspective, the excitable Quentin Tarantino offers his spirited commentary and author/critic bell hooks provides some scholarly social analysis.
Curtis Mayfield: Live at Ronnie Scott's
Self
This Concert film from 1988 captures the full power of one of the giants of black American music in performance and, as a bonus, also includes an Interview Mayfield gave at the time to life-long fan Paul Weller.
O Sargento Pepper e sua Banda
Our Guests at Heartland
Banda de uma pequena cidade faz sucesso com o público, até ser descoberta por um grande empresário e perceber que o representante da indústria quer dominá-la. A trama absurda serve apenas como desculpa para apresentar conhecidos hits dos Beatles em interpretações de astros do mundo pop, com destaque para Peter Frampton e Bee Gees. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
A Piece of the Action
Original Music Composer
How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.
Short Eyes
Music
A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.
Short Eyes
Pappy
A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.
Sparkle
Original Music Composer
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
Let's Do It Again
Music
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
Dead Is Dead
Music
An educational video exploring drug addiction, including footage of real-life addicts going through rehab therapy.
Claudine
Original Music Composer
Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended white community, she meets Roop, a charismatic but irresponsible garbage collector. Romance quickly ensues, but Claudine doubts that their relationship is good for her six children, and Rupert, despite his good nature, is reluctant to take on fatherhood.
Save the Children
Self
A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.
Super Fly
Original Music Composer
Conta a saga de um traficante espertalhão do Harlem, Youngblood Priest, que espera fazer uma última venda para converter toda a sua cocaína em dinheiro e começar uma vida nova longe do crime.
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1973
Self