Jazz Film Screening & Discussion with Dave Kish
On Saturday, April 26, at 3pm, join us at the West Tisbury Library for a documentary screening and discussion hosted by MVY Radio’s Dave Kish. Please contact the library for the film title and more info: wt_mail@clamsnet.org, 508-693-3366. There will be a Q&A and discussion to follow. Free and open to the public!
About the film: “Pioneering Brazilian producer, composer, keyboardist, vocalist and Oscar®-nominated songwriter Sergio Mendes will be the subject of a new feature documentary by Emmy®, Grammy® and Writers Guild Award nominee John Scheinfeld (The U.S. vs. John Lennon, Who Is Harry Nilsson [And Why is Everybody Talkin’ About Him]? and Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary). Scheduled for worldwide release in 2018, the documentary will coincide with the release of a companion album on Concord Records which features a host of high-profile guests with several tracks co-produced by Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am.
By examining the musical innovations and exceptional creativity that brought him to the forefront, the documentary explores how Mendes has consistently been able to reinvent himself and remains a significant world music artist to this day. The film will also shine a light on the global impact of his music from 1966 to the present, with a particular emphasis on his continuing popularity in the USA, Brazil, Japan and Europe and how his work has inspired such artists such as will.i.am, Justin Timberlake and John Legend.”
Dave Kish has hosted the MVY radio show “Sunday Morning & All That Jazz” since the spring of 1997, and has always been a champion of all types of jazz, old and new, from all parts of the globe. Always willing to take chances, Dave has greatly expanded his range to include extensive features on jazz vocalists, Bossa Nova, African funk, vintage soul, Latin and European jazz, among many other types of improvised music. A summer resident of the Vineyard since the late sixties, Dave settled here in 1989. He wrote music reviews for the Martha’s Vineyard Times for many years, and hosted a weekly Sunday afternoon jazz jam at the Wintertide Coffeehouse in Vineyard Haven, acting as an emcee for many talented musicians, and spinning many gems from his collection in between sets.