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The Howlin' Wolf Story: The Secret History of Rock & Roll
(2003)
Documentary, Music
Arguably second only to Muddy Waters among the Mississippi Delta singers who traveled north and pioneered urban electric blues (their supposed rivalry is the subject of one of this DVD's bonus features), Wolf was a big, imposing man with an inimitable, booming voice and a lasting influence on generations of rock & rollers--all of w...
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88 min
Director:
Don McGlynn
Cast:
Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters
7.9
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Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
(2004)
Documentary, Music
Don McGlynn's uncompromising and soulful documentary look at the tumultuous life of musician and rebel Charles Mingus is fascinating stuff. Mingus said of himself "I am half black man, half yellow man, but I claim to be a Negro. I am Charles Mingus, the famed jazz musician--but not famed enough to make a living in America." His stateme...
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78 min
7.2
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Art Pepper: Notes from a Jazz Survivor
(1982)
Crime, Documentary, Music
Saxophonist Art Pepper (1925-1982) lived the kind of jazz life only found in Hollywood movies. His prodigious talent led him to top gigs as a teenager, but drugs and attendant criminal activity knocked him out of commission for virtually all of the 1960s and early 1970s. This documentary, shot shortly after his searing memoir, {-Straig...
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48 min
7.5
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