Making Life Swing: Jazz on TV and in Other Unexpected Places

Episodes of the early 60s series reveal artistry of the highest level, both in front of and behind the camera. Mark Quigley says that he would have worked to preserve and screen episodes of the KTLA series, “Frankly Jazz” even if he hadn’t already been a jazz fan.  “Programs from this era do survive on…

Pianist and multi- reedist Tom Ranier has added yet more instruments to his arsenal – a Leica, a Sony, and a Nikon, using both digital and film formats. Along with his decades-long career of composing, playing, and arranging scores for television and film, the Chicago native has begun turning his lens on the cities he…