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Africa, colonialism, the United Nations, the 1961 assassination of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nikita Khrushchev, Tesla, iPhones, and jazz music come together in director Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. The documentary feels like a concert with academic footnotes and references or performance

Photo Credit: Gerd AltmannThe YouTube lawsuit that originally had creators on the edge of their seats is now losing its glamor. Plaintiff Maria Schneider, a Grammy-winning jazz musician, now faces the prospect of trying a case that will do little to move the needle on Content ID.With mere days until the June 12 trial, Schneider

The elder Lee scored his son’s early films, including 1989’s Do the Right Thing. Spike Lee and his dad Bill Lee attend the 20th anniversary screening of “Do The Right Thing” at Directors Guild of America Theater on June 29, 2009 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage Bill Lee — a well-regarded jazz musician who

Blue Giant is a relatively straightforward story about three young guys. Dai is that rare person with talent and drive—an innocent person who loves what he does and never lets anything get him down. Unfortunately, this also means he is a relatively static character with no real arc in the film. He’s simply a person

Photo Credit: Laurenz HeymannA jazz trumpeter has taken on Apple Music’s trademark overreach, winning a long-standing battle with the tech giant in a US appeals court.Apple lost a bid to register part of a federal trademark for “Apple Music” this week after a US appeals court ruled in favor of a jazz musician who challenged the company’s