Audio By Carbonatix
New York-based filmmaker Bill Morrison made two short films using Bill Frisell’s pre-recorded music, but Morrison wanted to work with the well-known jazz guitarist on a longer project. That effort would become The Great Flood, a documentary they began collaborating on in 2011 and released in 2013. Using film footage from the Fox Movietone News Collection and the national archives of the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 (the most destructive flood in American history), Morrison assembled the eighty-minute wordless film. There’s no dialogue or narration — just Frisell’s score accompanying the visuals of the catastrophe.
While Frisell has forged an intriguing approach to jazz over the past three decades, he also has a strong affinity for American roots music, folk and country, as evidenced by an unmistakable twang in his playing. He’ll perform live with his longtime bassist, Tony Scherr, and drummer Kenny Wolleson, as well as local trumpeter extraordinaire Ron Miles, during a screening of the The Great Flood tonight at 8 p.m. at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street in Boulder. General-admission tickets are $20, and reserved seats are $27.50 to $33; purchase yours at bouldertheater.com.
Sat., July 19, 2014
