Sound of Redemption
Heikin, unlike so many impatient directors, knows that in a doc about musicians, the music should breathe.
Sound of Redemption
Packed with thrilling music, SOUND OF REDEMPTION: THE FRANK MORGAN STORY is a feature documentary about gifted alto sax player and Charlie Parker protégée Frank Morgan. Morgan fell hard into heroin and got to be almost as good a con-man and thief as he was a musician in order to feed his habit. The habit cost him 30 years of his life in and out of prison, most of it at San Quentin, where he performed in a big band with fellow junkie jazz musicians, a group that became famous in the Bay Area. To bring the past into the present, director NC Heikin brought an all-star band together into the “Q” for a concert. This hyper-emotional event forms the backbone of this riveting film.
Genre
Documentary,
Bio-pic,
Music
Runtime
84
Language
English
Director
NC Heikin
Awards:
Nominee, Best Documentary, Los Angeles Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Ken Jaworowski, New York Times
In the 1950’s, some jazz musicians believed they couldn’t get that Charlie Parker “happy-sad feeling without using drugs.” So says a friend of the saxophonist Frank Morgan in “Sound of Redemption,” a documentary that revels in the happy despite some seriously sad events. Mr. Morgan was born in to ...
Played at
NoHo 7 12.18.15 - 12.24.15
Playhouse 7 12.18.15 - 12.24.15
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