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Bruce Ricker (October 10, 1942 – May 13, 2011) was a jazz and blues documentarian. He is best known for his collaboration with Clint Eastwood on films about jazz and blues legends.
May 19, 2011 · Bruce Ricker, a lawyer turned filmmaker who made jazz resoundingly visible in a series of highly regarded documentaries, died on Friday in Cambridge, Mass. He was 68.
Bruce Ricker was born on 10 October 1942 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Mystic River (2003), The Bridges of Madison County (1995) and The Last of the Blue Devils (1979).
- Director, Producer, Additional Crew
- October 10, 1942
- Bruce Ricker
- May 13, 2011
May 24, 2011 · Bruce Ricker was a jazz-loving lawyer in Kansas City who switched careers when a film he made to capture the music scene, 'The Last of the Blue Devils,' met critical acclaim.
May 27, 2011 · Bruce Ricker, 68, a filmmaker whose 1979 documentary “The Last of the Blue Devils” depicted a fading world of Midwestern jazz musicians, died of pneumonia May 13 at a hospital in Cambridge,...
Aug 24, 2009 · The Bruce Ricker Collection will be of special interest to researchers studying both music and film documentary processes, as it includes a very large assortment of Ricker’s papers related to his documentaries, including personal correspondences, notecards, photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, and myriad film stills and ephemera.
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Dec 6, 2010 · Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way: Directed by Bruce Ricker. With Clint Eastwood, Sting, Bill Cosby, Duke Ellington. A chronological look at the life and career of jazz musician, composer, and performer Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 to December 5, 2012), presented through contemporary interviews, archival footage of interviews and ...
