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"Trane and Miles" New Short Film Shooting This Weekend

By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Mar 2, 2012, 20:10

"Trane and Miles" New Short Film Shooting This Weekend

Walk the Miles with Two of Music's Most Iconic Jazz Musicians, Men Whose Work Became the Soundtrack of an Era. Shooting in the Los Angeles area this weekend, "Trane and Miles" explores a 1959 meeting between John Coltrane and Miles Davis at a crucial intersection point in both of their storied careers.

(Los Angeles, CA) The impact of the most significant collaboration between John Coltrane and Miles Davis came at the outset of not only significant changes in music, but also in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, the birth of Rock 'N' Roll, and the popularity of television. Trane and Miles embodies the sound of cool jazz, featuring an original score by Steve Johnson's Jazz Legacy. Writer-director Scott Essman of Visionary Cinema captures the brilliant, untold story of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, starring Ricco Ross as John Coltrane and Travis Hinson as Miles Davis. Shooting takes place on February 25-26, 2012 in Claremont, California.

Synopsis
Trane and Miles is the timeless story of two of the most prolific jazz musicians' magnetic collaboration. In April of 1959, they progressed beyond the traditional approaches to jazz and, in doing so, revolutionized an era. Witness the birth of “cool jazz” with the making of Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album in history, seeing how it was made and who was behind it. The influential Miles Davis takes the audience through his and Coltrane's struggle to keep jazz alive through this transformative period, paving the way for new diverse forms of musical expression.

 

Resources:

www.visionarycinema.com