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Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise (1980), dir. Robert Mugge

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gil scott heron in black wax (1982) dir. robert mugge 

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3/2/21

SUN RA: A JOYFUL NOISE, directed by Robert Mugge, 1980.

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Filmmaker captures Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus! 2017 INTERVIEW Happy Birthday to jazz legend Sonny Rollins! https://youtu.be/VKlciYXuJa0

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Black Wax (1983; Robert Mugge)

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Sonny Rollins in Saxophone Colossus | Mr. Media® Interviews

Video podcast interview with Robert Mugge, director of the Sonny Rollins documentary, Saxophone Colossus.

Happy Birthday to late saxophone legend Sonny Rollins! 20127 VIDEO INTERVIEW with documentary director Robert Mugge ROBERT MUGGE podcast excerpt: “It was his wife, Lucille, who — at the same I was thinking I’d like to make a film about Sonny — was also thinking, ‘There needs to be a film about Sonny. There needs to be a way to show people that, in 1986, he was at the absolute peak of his powers.’” https://mrmedia.com/2017/09/sonny-rollins-legend-refreshed-in-saxophone-colossus-doc/ #SonnyRollins #saxophone #jazz #RobertMugge

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Black Wax (Mugge, 1983)

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TODAY’S GUEST: TODAY’S GUEST: ROBERT MUGGE, FILMMAKER, SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS, FEATURING SONNY ROLLINS

Does anybody really understand jazz?

Hands down, hands down – it was a rhetorical question.

For me, it’s all about mood, rhythm, sway and surprise. Good jazz changes your emotions and takes you places full of surprise and invention.

That, I imagine, is what attracted documentary filmmaker Robert Mugge​ to his latest project, Saxophone Colossus​, which is a portrait of legendary jazz musician Sonny Rollins​.

Mugge, after all, calls Rollins “the greatest jazz improviser.”

Of course, that was in 1986 – more than 30 years have passed since Mugge started the film, which contains rare interviews with Rollins and his late wife, Lucille, full performances and even convenes a trio of jazz critics to discuss Rollins’ art.

What took so long to get Colossus to the public? We’ll discuss that and more.

By the way, you have probably seen Mugge’s work before. His documentary archive includes "Hellhounds on My Trail: The Afterlife of Robert Johnson​," "True Believers: The Musical Family of Rounder Records​," "The Kingdom of Zydeco​," "The Return of Rubén Blades​," "Gospel According to Al Green​" and "Cool Runnings​: The Reggae Movie."

https://mrmedia.com/2017/09/sonny-rollins-legend-refreshed-in-saxophone-colossus-doc/