This series of essays, that explore the ideas of sequencing and montage between two pieces of recorded music or two film scenes, continues with another one of my favorite albums: […]
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Prime Cuts #3: “Sans Soleil” (Argos Films: 1983), directed by Chris Marker.
In the Prime Cuts essays so far I’ve focused on music and how two tracks on an album placed back-to-back can impact each other (Abide With Me and Well You Needn’t from […]
Read morePrime Cuts #2: “Money Jungle” (Originally issued on LP by United Artists Jazz, 1963; reissued on LP by Blue Note, 1986, first reissue on CD, 1987, corrected reissue on CD, 2002), Duke Ellington.
This is the second in a series of essays that are meant to explore the impact two pieces of music can have when lined up back-to-back on an album, and to also consider the […]
Read morePrime Cuts #1: “Monk’s Music” (Riverside, 1957), Thelonious Monk
I thought it would be interesting to start a series of write-ups about specific aspects of recordings that I find remarkable, also regarding cinema. After seeing the new […]
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