R | Music Documentary | 2 Hours 13 Minutes | $15.00 General Admission/$10.00 Members
This outstanding musical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier is about an American jazz sax player down on his luck, struggling to make a comeback in 1950s Paris. The Oscar-winning soundtrack is by Herbie Hancock. The title comes from Thelonious Monk’s composition “’Round Midnight.” The film is a fictional reframing of the memoir Dance of the Infidels written by French author Francis Paudras, who befriended jazz great Bud Powell during his Paris expatriate days and on whom the lead character was based.
Following the screening, there will be a special in-person conversation with the late musician’s wife and manager, Maxine Gordon. Gordon will talk with local music authority Rick Lange of Rhino Records, then sign copies of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, her acclaimed 2018 biography. Maxine Gordon is an independent scholar with a lifetime career working with jazz musicians, as well as an oral historian and archivist in the fields of jazz and African American cultural history.
This special film event is generously sponsored by the Inn at Kettleboro, an elegant bed and breakfast in New Paltz. www.kettleboro.com/