In the span of my previous professional incarnation as a music journalist, I was privileged to meet and interview many music legends. But perhaps the greatest meeting I had with any musician had nothing to do with an interview, but rather an art exhibit of his abstract sculptures, and that musician/artist was Herb Alpert. I grew up in the ’60s, listening to my parents’ now-classic albums by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, which are full of so many pop songs I grew to love. To meet Alpert in person was, for me, like meeting one of the Beatles. I still love Herb’s music and I’m very excited to be attending his concert at Lincoln Center on April 1, but here’s more exciting news.
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FaceBook (now Meta) isn’t good for much, other than swiftly bringing about the decline of Western Civilization, but it does offer a handy reminder of everything you’ve done on any given day for the past however many years of your life. How else would I ever call that eight years ago today, Geoffrey and I were bundled up like Eskimos at an art opening of totem-like sculptures by the absolutely legendary musician Help Alpert? I’ve interviewed a ton of famous Rock Stars, but meeting Herb in person did that little thing to me (you know, that little thing). Swoon.
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Don Cheadle is Miles Davis in Miles Ahead (All Images Courtesy of Sony Classics)
Movies about Trumpet Playing Jazz Legends are a thing right now. Just last week, IFC released Born to Be Blue, a surreal art film based loosely on the life and career of Chet Baker. This week, Miles Ahead — actor, and first-time director Don Cheadle’s much-anticipated love letter to another groundbreaking jazz innovator, Miles Davis — comes to the big screen after garnering all kinds of awards on last year’s festival circuit. It was worth the wait, because Miles Ahead is a fantastic film. Continue reading Don Cheadle Becomes Miles Davis in Miles Ahead →
Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker in Robert Budreau’s, Born to Be Blue. (All Images Courtesy of IFC Films/Caitlin Cronenberg)
Perhaps a story doesn’t need to get all the facts exactly right in order to capture the creative and spiritual essence of a person’s life. In writer/director Robert Budreau’s new ‘anti-biopic,’ Born to Be Blue, the life lived by American Jazz Trumpeter Chet Baker is keenly interpreted by actor Ethan Hawke in a surreal but gritty performance that tells you all you need to know about the troubled musical genius — renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and a style icon — who just couldn’t seem to get out of his own way.
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Do you like Herb Alpert? I sure do, My parents had his records with the Tijuana Brass playing all the time in our house, so I have loved his music since I was about five years old. Just being serious.
But did you know that Herb also makes art? This I did not know this until Geoffrey and I stumbled upon one of his art shows that opened Thursday January 16th at ACA Galleries in Chelsea. The show is called Totems & Deities: The Sculpture of Herb Alpert and Anita Huffington — Huffington being a fellow artist who is a successful dancer.
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