The Jazz Loft - Eugene Smith

[Brooktaw]

I watched this wonderful movie last night about Eugene Smith and his loft in New York in the 50s and 60s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhS2SrWW6VI

I highly recommend it for anyone with the slightest interest in jazz, black and white photography or creativity in any form.

Just magic

 

[robert blu]

Video unavailable :bang:

rob

 

[gnuyork]

As a fan of both Jazz and black and white photography, that looks so good. I'll have to check it out.

 

[robert blu]

I know the Eugene Smith jazz work, strong impact. In our photo association we had a few years ago a night with a slide show of his photographs and a jazz group playing live.

It was a night full of emotion.

robert

 

[Timmyjoe]

I really like that documentary, and bought it off of iTunes a number of years ago. It's probably still available. He was a fascinating man, living in a fascinating time, doing some fascinating work.

Best,
-Tim

 

[Mcary]

Watched last night,,great mix of photography and music.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Hmmm... I also get the youtube message: ''video unavailable''.

 

[froyd]

Peter and Rober-

You might want to try using a VPN to pretend you are steaming from the US. I can confirm the link work s for US residents but might be geo-restricted elsewhere.

 

[robert blu]

Peter and Rober-

You might want to try using a VPN to pretend you are steaming from the US. I can confirm the link work s for US residents but might be geo-restricted elsewhere.

Thanks, I know we are "geo restricted", not the first time...
robert

 

[Bike Tourist]

That's where Monk hung out, among many others.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Thanks Froyd, I'll have a look how that works where I'm currently at.

 

[bobkonos]

I will look for this video. I've had the book for some time and as a jazz and photography fan of that era, ah, a terrific chronicle. In the book is the pawn shop's list of what he turned in for cash....oh my, what a list of gear.

 

[Nokton48]

I looked at the prevue on youtube and decided to order a copy, to add to my DVD collection.

 

[jvo]

i bought the dvd of it from kino lorber or amazon or ? about a year ago... it is great. it's one of the few movies i've ever purchased or watched more than once!

 

[DougK]

Great film, I saw it at the Cleveland International Film Festival in either 2016 or 2017, I forget which year.

 

[PRJ]

I haven't seen the flick, but a few years ago there was a series of podcasts about the Jazz loft tapes that Smith had. It covered quite a bit of ground over several hours. I can't remember who put it out, maybe PBS? Might be worth your time to search for it if you like Smith and find that Jazz Loft stuff interesting. I listened to it all in the darkroom while I was working. It was really good.

I just looked it up in my Itunes. It was put out by New York Public Radio back in 2009. It is about two hours or a little over.

 

[jarski]

Podcasts app has whole series about the topic. Search: The Jazz Loft Radio Series.

YouTube link is dead here as well.

 

[Dogman]

When I go to the youtube link, it shows the video is available for rent or purchase.

I bought the video sometime ago from Amazon. It was available for sale for those with Prime accounts and who use streaming. I don't recall the price. The DVD is also for sale there.

I enjoyed "The Jazz Loft" mainly because of the music history--I'm a fan of jazz, especially from that period.