Imagine the Sound

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Imagine the Sound
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Directed by Ron Mann
Produced byRon Mann
Bill Smith
Starring Paul Bley
Bill Dixon
Archie Shepp
Cecil Taylor
CinematographyRobert Fresco
Edited bySonya Polonsky
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
90 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

Imagine the Sound is a 1981 Canadian documentary film about the music genre of free jazz, directed by Ron Mann. [1] It serves as Mann's feature film directorial debut. [2]

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Background

Imagine the Sound marks Mann's feature film directorial debut; he made the film while he was still in his early twenties. [2] The film deals with the once-controversial genre of free jazz. [3] [4] [1]

Shot entirely in Toronto, the film features interviews with and musical and dramatic performances by pianist Cecil Taylor, saxophonist Archie Shepp, trumpeter Bill Dixon, and pianist Paul Bley. [3] [4] [5] Bill Smith features as the interviewer of the film's subjects. [6]

Availability

The film has been digitally restored and was released on DVD in 2007. [7] [8]

Reception

Critic and film historian Jonathan Rosenbaum has said that Imagine the Sound “may be the best documentary on free jazz that we have.” [9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "IMAGINE THE SOUND | The Clinton Street Theater". cstpdx.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  2. 1 2 "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Ron Mann". cfe.tiff.net. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  3. 1 2 "Documentary Screening: Imagine The Sound (1981) - Gardiner Museum". www.gardinermuseum.on.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  4. 1 2 "IMAGINE THE SOUND". Austin Film Society. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  5. ↑ Jazz, All About (20 October 2007). "Paul Bley/Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon/Cecil Taylor: Imagine the Sound article @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  6. ↑ "Imagine The Sound". Sphinx Productions. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Sphinx Productions". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
  8. ↑ "KQEK DVD Review: Imagine the Sound (1981)". www.kqek.com. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  9. ↑ Imagine the Sound (1981) - Film Affinity , retrieved 2021-05-26
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