“Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense” screening at VanCity Theatre June 19

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There will be a special screening this Saturday of the theatrical feature version of the acclaimed, four-part TV documentary series. Looking at jazz as a modern art form that continues to evolve and expand, the film highlights what Terence Blanchard calls “the quiet revolution” going on today, including big names like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Bill Frisell and Wynton Marsalis and numerous emerging artists like Aaron Parks, Tineke Postma and Robert Glasper. Not just a who’s who of modern jazz, the film insists that music is a living, breathing thing, a way of life constantly seeking reinvention.

ICONS AMONG US: JAZZ IN THE PRESENT TENSE
(U.S.A., 2009, 93 mins)
Directed By: Lars Larson, Peter J Vogt, Michael Rivoira
Filmmakers in attendance.

VanCity Theatre
Sat June 19, 7:30pm

Presented in association with TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival