04/15 - Time: 8 p.m.

Concert & Film: "Shades of Jazz on Noir"

The Southern Connecticut State University Music Department presents

a special Concert and Film collaboration

Shades of Jazz on Noir

film by Ana Isabel Ordonez
compositions by Herb Robertson

featuring the Freak Lip Kill Band:

Matt  Darriau, David Chevan and the Southern Connecticut State University Creative Music Orchestra

The Shades of Jazz on Noir film presents excerpts from the classic film noir works of the 1940s and 1950s crafted to express the fatality, passion, and danger created by directors who pioneered the lively lighting techniques and psychologically expressive approach to classic noir.

Shades of Jazz on Noir is projected onto a large screen as documentary and is the second installment of a film noir and jazz series created for Luxembourg European Cultural Capital 2007. The first film, A Touch of Noir was a view from the wounded male perspective a la James Dean and has been performed in Europe (Luxembourg, Netherlands). Shades of Jazz on Noir is viewed from the Femme Fatale of those classics creating a fresh and unusual media experience. Shades of Jazz on Noir will combine the passion and despondency of classic film noir with the texture and dynamism of modern improvisation, resulting in a unique, growth-oriented experience for students of film, jazz, and new music.

This highly original project features Herb Robertson & Matt Darriau with special guests the Southern Connecticut State University Creative Music Orchestra, who will literally play jazz on Noir. Film by Ana Isabel Ordonez.

 

 

Location: Charles Garner Recital Hall (Engleman Hall 112C)

Contact Information: David Chevan, director of the Creative Music Orchestra, (203) 392-6630