"...a vibrant
whirlwind that defines an era..."
The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
"Part whodunit, part worshipful biography, Seattle filmmaker
Kristian St. Clair's
provocative film focuses on the life and mysteriously premature
death of up-and-coming jazz musician Gary McFarland..."
John
Hartl, The Seattle Times.
"I never dreamed I'd be able to get the whole documentary
treatment about an
artist with the subtle brilliance of the long-gone Gary
McFarland..."
Domenic
Priore, author of Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile |
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 a documentary film
by Kristian St. Clair
Combining vintage footage with
revealing interviews, director Kristian St. Clair reflects on
the once potent importance of composer, arranger and
polymorphous musician Gary McFarland (1933-1971). This
documentary film, the first-ever full-scale examination of
McFarland's life and music, features a galaxy of jazz's biggest stars
- including Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer and Steve Kuhn - recalling Gary McFarland's vital contribution to the
1960's music scene. Friends and family also reminisce over
McFarland's life in candid, thoughtful moments. First-time
director Kristian St.
Clair weaves together a touching tapestry here of a very musical life and
parts many of the clouds that shroud McFarland's strange and
mysterious death.
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"...extremely
good..."
Bruce Ricker,
producer of Thelonious Monk: Straight,
No Chaser.
"...a wonderful tribute to Gary's music. Bravo!"
Margo
Guryan.
"...quite interesting and very creative..."
Creed Taylor.
"I loved it."
Bob Stanley of
Saint Etienne.
"It is easily one of the best music documentaries of the year."
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