SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions | |
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Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
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Production company | Original Spin Media |
Original release | |
Network | Bravo! |
Release | 2004 |
SOLOS: the jazz sessions is a 39-part television music profile/performance series produced in Canada by Original Spin Media. Each episode features complete musical pieces, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage with some of today's most notable jazz artists. Shot in HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant, cinematic lighting designs, SOLOS: the jazz sessions showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles – from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and beyond. [1] The series premiered on Bravo! in Canada in the summer of 2004 and has subsequently been broadcast on HDNet, [2] CBC Bold, [3] Rave HD, Sky Arts, [4] VTR Chile, and Mezzo TV. The programs are filmed at Toronto's Berkeley Church performance and event venue. [5]
William Richard Frisell is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City, where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of veteran drummer Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until Motian's death in 2011. Since the late 1990s, Frisell's output as a bandleader has also integrated prominent elements of folk, country, rock ‘n’ roll and Americana. He has six Grammy nominations and one win.
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