Piano Blues (2003)

Piano Blues | Germany| United States of America

Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood (Play Misty for Me, Bird, Unforgiven) explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such living legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia Ball.

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Description

Director

Clint Eastwood

Stars

Ray Charles

Dave Brubeck

Clint Eastwood

Cab Calloway
(archive footage)

Nat King Cole
(archive footage)

Fats Domino
(archive footage)

Duke Ellington
(archive footage)

Muddy Waters
(archive footage)

André Previn
(archive footage)

Count Basie
Self (archive footage)

Others...

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Keywords

piano, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, instrumental jazz

Production

British Broadcasting Corporation, Cappa Productions

Actor

Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Clint Eastwood, Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole, Fats Domino, Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, André Previn, Count Basie, Dr. John, Linda Hopkins, Pete Jolly, Thelonious Monk, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Oscar Peterson, Big Joe Turner, Art Tatum, Otis Spann, Pinetop Perkins, Jay McShann, Meade 'Lux' Lewis, Dorothy Donegan, Willie Dixon, Henry 'Professor Longhair' Byrd, Marcia Ball, Albert Ammons

Creators

Clint Eastwood (Director), Joel Cox (Editor), Vic Losick (Cinematography)

Release dates

05.07.2005 (FR)
01.01.2003 (US)