Crossroads - Three Jazz Pianists

Overview

Shot in 1987 at the Montréal International Jazz Festival, this documentary film presents musical performances and conversations between three jazz pianists with remarkably different styles: Soviet Leonid Chizhik, Black Montrealer Oliver Jones, and French-Canadian Jean Beaudet. It introduces viewers to the diversity of interpretation within today's jazz world, explores the roots of modern jazz and the specific formative influences on the musicians profiled, and reaches for a definition of twentieth-century jazz.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1988

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, French, Russian

Production

ONF,NFB

Cast

Leonid Chizhik,Oliver Jones,Jean Beaudet

Director

Martin Duckworth

Producer

Éric Michel

Cinematography

Serge Giguère

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt6601922