Jazz & Cinema

Each year there is an entire hall dedicated to Jazz & Cinema. NPS TV is the host programmer and offers a wide range of documentary’s to the visitors. The documentarys are in line with the program of the festival.

Film overview 2008

Overview of films on Friday 11 July 2008

8 – 8.30 pm
NPS Arena: Serious Fun
Director: Jellie Dekker
Producer: Jellie Dekker/ NPS TV
Release date: 2006
Duration: 30 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Plot: Documentary on Peter Guidi and his young disciples of jazz

8.30 – 9 pm
Omara
Director: Fernando Pérez
Release date: 1983
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 26 minutes
Plot: Omara, a documentary film about her career, won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival in France in 1986.

9 – 10 pm
On the Road with Duke Ellington
Director: Robert Drew
Release date: 1967
Duration: 57 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Plot: A mixture of concert footage and live interviews, this NBC documentary follows Ellington as he composes "Salute to Morgan State", eulogizes Billy Strayhorn at Strayhorn's funeral, records "Rondolet", and appears in a live concert in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

10 - 10.40 pm
Bik Bent Braam
Director: Ger Poppelaars
Producer: NPS TV
Release date:  2002
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 25 minutes
Plot: Documentary on Dutch piano player, bandleader & composer Michiel Braam

10.40 – 11.20 pm
NPS Matinee: A tribute to Joe Zawinul
Director: Jan Kelder & Eduard Huis in 't Veld
Producer: NPS TV
Release date: 2008
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 40 minutes
Plot: It was impossible to foresee that the planned performance of Joe Zawinul with the Metropole Orkest on 26 Januari 2008 could not take place. On 11 September 2007 Joe Zawinul passed away and the Metropole Orkest and the Concertgebouw decided to make the original Joe Zawinul show a a tribute to Joe Zawinul.


Overview of films on Saturday 12 July 2008

8 - 9 pm 
Het uur van de Wolf: The last lady of jazz
Director: Jan Kelder
Producer: Basement/ NPS TV
Release date: 1999
Duration: 50 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Plot: Documentary on Dutch vocalist Rita Reys

9 - 9.45 pm 
McFerrin, Bobby Beyond Words
Director: Robert Yuhas
Release date: 2001
Duration: 45 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Plot: A fascinating in-depth profile/documentary of the life and career of Bobby McFerrin about the difficulties in finding his "calling" in life, his personal philosophy on creating, his classical origins, the secrets of collaborating, and the importance of family.

9.45 – 11.15 pm
Herbie Hancock - Possibilities PREMIERE
Director: Robert Drew
Release date: 2006
Duration: 60 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Plot: Possibilities is an intimate documentary about Herbie Hancock and his in-studio collaborations with a dozen formidable pop recording artists, collaborations that explore the unexpected, like jazz improvisations. The broadcasting of Possibilities is the primiere in the Netherlands

11.15 - 0.15 am 
Roy Hargrove
Director: Hans Hylkema
Producer: NPS TV
Release date:
Duration: 50 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Plot: Documentary on bandleader, composer & trumpet player Roy Hargrove.


Overview of films on Sunday 13 July 2008

6 - 6.30 pm  
Art in the Family: Beets Brothers
Director: Jan Kelder
Producer: Basement / NPS TV
Release date: 2008
Duration:  25 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Plot:  Documentary about the Beets Brothers

6.30 - 7.30 pm  
A Great Day In Harlem
Director: Jean Bach
Writer: Jean Bach, Susan Peehl, Matthew Seig
Release date: 1995
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 60 minutes
Plot: A Great Day in Harlem is a documentary about the biggest jazz artist of the fifties and the influence they had on jazz music. Photographer Art Kane, Steve Frankfurt and Robert Benton reminutesisce about the difficulties to get all these stars together for a photograph. 

7.30 - 8.45 pm 
Electric Heart Don Ellis PREMIERE
Director: John Vizzusi
Writer: John Vizzusi, John Killoch
Release date: 2007
Duration: 73 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Plot: Electric Heart Don Ellis is the incredible story of the Man who created the most complex modern day music ever written! Electric Heart gets to the bottom of why Ellis was and is left out of the mix and explains his life story as a re-discovery of his music. The broadcasting of Electric Heart Don Ellis is the primiere in the Netherlands

8.45 - 9.15 pm 
Candy meets.... Maceo Parker
Director: Rob Hodzelmans
Producer: BlazHoffski & NPS TV
Writer: Rob Hodzelmans
Release date: 2007
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 25 minutes
Plot: In the series Candy Meets visits Dutch saxophonist player Candy Dulfer some of her musical friends.

9.15 - 10.30 pm 
Time is an Empty Bottle of Wine
Director: Netty van Hoorn
Producer:Netty van Hoorn & NPS TV;
Release date:  2000
Genre: Roadmovie
Duration: 70 minutes
Plot: Documentary on Dutch saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and bandleader Willem Breuker Produced