Film

The Gathering: Roots and Branches of Los Angeles Jazz

It's not really a band, it's a movement.

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1h 29m

2019

“It's not really a band, it's a movement.”

Synopsis

This vibrant documentaty chronicles a multigenerational music project started in 2005 by Jesse Sharps, one of the bandleaders of Horace Tapscott's Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. The film features a stellar cast of players, including some of the hottest emerging talents from the area, and focuses on the Leimert Park district and progressive jazz scene of Los Angeles, covering the history of the music, and the long tradition of community elders guiding the young up-and-coming players on the scene. Featured are some extraordinary performances by local legends Azar Lawrence, Dwight Trible, Kamau Daáood, Michael Session, Ndugu Chancler, and Phil Ranelin, along with rising stars Brandon Coleman, Kamasi Washington, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and Randal Fisher.

Director

Thomas Paige

MusicDocumentary

Cast & Crew

Jesse Sharps

as Self

Kamau Daaood

as Self

Roberto Miranda

as Self

Dwight Trible

as Self

Azar Lawrence

as Self

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