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’Round Midnight’s many jazz performances, recorded live, feature Gordon with Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, and others. This screening honors French filmmaker and film historian Bertrand Tavernier, who died in 2021. Visiting Guidelines Masks are recommended in Museum auditoriums. Advance tickets are also recommended.
Jul 27, 2022 · Criterion presents ‘Round Midnight as a new 4K digital restoration with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, presented in 2.39:1. A new interview with jazz and culture critic Gary Giddins and a new conversation with music producer Michael Cuscuna and author Maxine Gordon (widow of Dexter Gordon) included in the extra features.
Dale Turner (Dexter Gordon) is an aging saxophonist with an alcohol problem. He's well known on the 1950's jazz club circuit where he is highly respected for his talent. But, even though he inspired many younger musicians, he's getting older and the booze is keeping him from cementing his position as a legend and achieving the next level of fame.
Mar 25, 2021 · Last modified on Thu 25 Mar 2021 14.39 EDT. Bertrand Tavernier, the veteran French director of a host of acclaimed films including A Sunday in the Country, Round Midnight and These Foolish Things ...
Round Midnight is a 1986 American musical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and written by Tavernier and David Rayfiel. It stars Dexter Gordon, with a soundtrack by Herbie Hancock. The title comes from Thelonious Monk's 1943 composition 'Round Midnight, which is featured in this film in a Hancock arrangement. The protagonist jazzman, Dale Turner, is based on a composite of real-life ...
Apr 26, 2022 · ’Round Midnight is a love letter from director Bertrand Tavernier to the heyday of bebop and to the Black American musicians who found refuge in the smoky underground jazz clubs of 1950s Paris. In a miraculous, sui generis fusion of performer and character that was nominated for an Oscar, legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon plays Dale Turner ...
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