The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith (2015)
Art, obsession and anxiety permeate a dilapidated Manhattan loft building in Mid-century
87 min
Art, obsession and anxiety permeate a dilapidated Manhattan loft building in Mid-century: The first movie to use photographer W. Eugene Smith's massive, fly-on-the-wall archive of photos and audio tapes documenting the likes of jazz greats Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Giuffre, Hall Overton and others at work and play in the Sixth Avenue wreck that was Smith's home and studio from 1957 through the '60s.
- Release date
- February 2, 2016
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- David Amram as Self - Interviewee
- Carla Bley as Self - Interviewee
- John Cohen as Self - Interviewee
- Harry Colomby as Self - Interviewee
- Bill Crow as Self - Interviewee
- Harold Feinstein as Self - Interviewee
- Ron Free as Self - Interviewee
- David Friend as Self - Interviewee
- David Frishberg as Self - Interviewee
- Vicki Goldberg as Self - Interviewee
Crew
- Sara Fishko · Director
- Sara Fishko · Writer
- Sara Fishko · Producer
- Calvin Skaggs · Producer
- Sam Stephenson · Producer
- Tom Hurwitz · Cinematographer
- Jonathan Joshua Johnson · Editor