Earl Cole
Kirk Whalum: The Gospel According to Jazz - Chapter IV
After a six-year wait, the much anticipated The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter IV is finally here with a two-disc, 19-song CD feature-length DVD that sets a benchmark for live recording, nuanced performance and deep improvisation at the most profoundly felt, thoughtfully conceived, personal level. Kirk Whalum’s insightful and revelatory narrative enriches the whole experience, with an up-close and personal look at the heart of the artist and his art. The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV is an invitation to pause, hear and “see” in a fresh, prescient way; it is also a tribute album that is uniquely gospel-centric. Honored are heads of state (Mandela and Obama), departed and greatly respected and loved artists (George Duke, Wayman Tisdale and John Coltrane), alongside mothers (Kirk’s, and yours if you like) and a homeless woman Whalum came to call friend (“Nannette”). In myriad ways, the gospel’s welcome is declared and displayed with eloquence and power.
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In Country (1989)
Directed by Academy Award-winner Norman Jewison ("Moonstruck," "Agnes of God"), this is the portrait of one Kentucky family'sstruggle to heal the wounds caused by America's involvement in Vietnam, as seen through the experiences of 17-year-old teen girl(Emily Lloyd, "Cookie," "Wish You Were Here"). In attempting to learn more about her father, a young soldier who was killed in thewar before she was born, she tries to break through to her reclusive, cynical uncle (box office superstar Bruce Willis, "PulpFiction," the" Die Hard" series), a ravaged survivor of the undeclared conflict, who may well be the only person able to truly helpher understand her loss. Culminates in a powerfully moving sequence about the experience of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.Based on the acclaimed Bobbie Ann Mason novel, and co-starring Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey ("Compromising Positions"),Oscar-nominee Joan Allen ("Nixon," "The Crucible") and Kevin Anderson ("Sleeping with the Enemy").
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