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The prolific jazz pianist and composer, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, possesses 'the pixie dust of passion,' says director and collaborator Ava DuVernay — 'something that can’t really be taught, and it can’t be manufactured.'
The prolific jazz pianist and composer, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, possesses 'the pixie dust of passion,' says director and collaborator Ava DuVernay — 'something that can't really be taught, and it can't be manufactured.'
Print Los Angeles natives Travon Free and Kris Bowers have more in common than their hometown. The first-time directors both received Oscar nominations last month for their short films, which are currently streaming and boast name-brand support from the filmmaking and Black communities. Free’s “Two Distant Strangers” (on Netflix), co-directed with Martin Desmond Roe, is a narrative short that sees its subject (played by rapper Joey Badass) being killed again and again by the same malevolent police officer in a fatalistic time loop. It’s a dramatic change of pace for the comedian and w...
-0:00 A Concerto Is a Conversation A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall. All right. It’s a real pleasure to welcome Kris Bowers, our composer, who has written a concerto, “For a Younger Self.” Welcome. [APPLAUSE] Can I ask a question? All right, Granddaddy. Can you tell me, just what is a concerto? So it’s basically this piece that has a soloist and an ensemble, an orchestra. The two are having a conversation. And so sometimes that conversation can be this perso...