Dr. Dani Sanchez, MFA, PhD (She/Her/They/Them)

And our #FilmNoirClub leading men this week are James Mason, Henry O’Neill, Roy Roberts and Shepperd Strudwick #TheRecklessMoment #JamesMason #HenryONeill #RoyRoberts #ShepperdStrudwick #FilmNoir

This week’s #FilmNoirClub leading ladies are Joan Bennett and Geraldine Brooks
#TheRecklessMoment #JoanBennett #GeraldineBrooks #FIlmNoir

Posters for “The Reckless Moment” AKA “The Blank Wall“ AKA “Moment of Perdition” (1948) from The USA, France, Spain and Italy
#FilmNoirClub #TheRecklessMoment #FilmNoir

Thanks for tuning in! Join me tomorrow when #RetroView has performances by the legendary funny women of TV: Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore + also Julie Andrews! (Info⤵️) … Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday night. #MusComEnt friends💕💕💕

I remember having to change clothes in the backseat of the car for many choir performances. I became very skilled at putting on panty hose while stuck in traffic!
#MusComEnt

Both Keira Knightley and Paraminder Nagra trained with soccer coaches for about 4 mounts prior to filming and they did all of their own soccer playing in “Bend It Like Beckham” (2002) including those big goal making kicks
#MusComEnt #BendItLikeBeckham #KeiraKnightley #ParaminderNagra

Keira Knightley as Jules. This was a big role her in the midst of her “early 00s period films” era
#MusComEnt #BendItLikeBeckham #KeiraKnightley

I’m pretty sure the first and last time I ever played soccer was in middle school
#MusComEnt #BendItLikeBeckham #ParaminderNagra

Punjabi-English actress Paraminder Nagra as Jess. This was her first big role before she hired for the show “E.R.”
#MusComEnt #BendItLikeBeckham #ParaminderNagra

3… 2.. 1. . PRESS PLAY!
#MusComEnt

⏰50 MINUTES⏰ until #MusComEnt hits the pitch for “Bend It Like Beckham” (info⤵️)

⏰50 MINUTES⏰ until #MusComEnt hits the pitch for “Bend It Like Beckham” (info⤵️)

Sorry I can’t watch with y’all tonight, #CultShelf friends. Again, still in the hospital but good news is that I’m going home Thursday morning🎉 I hope y’all enjoy “Lady Snowblood” for me b/c it’s a phenomenal film and that everyone has a wonderful week💕

PS-posters and such for tonight’s film (⤵️)

Meiko Kaji in “Lady Snowblood” (1973)
#CultShelf #LadySnowblood #MeikoKaji

Japanese posters for “Lady Snowblood” (1973)
#CultShelf #LadySnowblood

Alice Coltrane plays us out.. thanks for tuning in! If you can, pls drop by #MusComEnt tomorrow for “Bend It Like Beckham” (info⤵️) #LaEsoterica will return next week with an exploration of language.. Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday night💕

You can check out the entire performance of Alice Coltrane at The 1987 Jazz Jamboree here (youtube.com/playlist?lis...)
#LaEsoterica #AliceColtrane #jazz

Our final piece is a performance of “A Love Supreme” by Jazz composer, multi-instrumentalist and Hindu spiritual leader Alice Coltrane (youtu.be/NsHt1wA8ul0?...) from the 1987 Jazz Jamboree in Poland.
#LaEsoterica #AliceColtrane #jazz

Here’s D.A. Pennebaker’s early 1950s Soundie/Short Film “Daybreak Express” (youtu.be/9fZ0-T80YD8?...) featuring music by Duke Ellington. The film is centered around the NYC route of a soon-to-be demolished Manhattan train.
#LaEsoterica #DukeEllington #DAPennebaker #jazz #NYC

More free jazz? MORE FREE JAZZ! This time it’s a 1990 live version of “Spelling the Alphabet” by multi-instrumentalist Ornette Coleman (youtu.be/nEoPJTlypgo?...) originally from his 1988 album “Virgin Beauty” (youtube.com/playlist?lis...)
#LaEsoterica #OrnetteColeman #jazz

In addition to using instruments both traditional and modern, The Art Ensemble of Chicago also uses invented instruments. Some of their performances have utilized at least 500 different instruments and noise makers
#LaEsoterica #ArtEnsembleOfChicago #Jazz

The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an Avant Garde free jazz and arts collective that has been making music and performing since the 1960s.
#LaEsoterica #ArtEnsembleOfChicago #Jazz

Next we have a live set by the avant-garde free jazz collective The Art Ensemble of Chicago at the 1970 Festival de Jazz de Châteauvallon (youtu.be/gUUfu4lTdL8?...) I don’t’ want to say too much goin into this so just sit back and experience this.
#LaEsoterica #ArtEnsembleOfChicago #Jazz

“Amaryllis” By The Mary Halvorson Sextet (youtu.be/qm7YKlfnlTU?...) is centered around the avant-garde jazz guitar work of Mary Halvorson. This song is from her 2022 album “Amaryllis” (youtube.com/playlist?lis...)
##LaEsoterica #MaryHalvorson #jazz

It comments on the innovations of Black musical history while acknowledging the ongoing fight for civil rights. It was incredibly controversial for these reasons and the frank discussions between the multi-racial cast at the center of the film
#LaEsoterica #TheCryOfJazz #Jazz #SunRa #SunRaArkestra

Part documentary, part musical ethnography, “The Cry of Jazz” (1959) was conceived by the composer Edward Bland, novelist Mark Kennedy, city-planner Nelam Hill, and mathematician Eugene Titus
#LaEsoterica #TheCryOfJazz #Jazz #SunRa #SunRaArkestra

It’s sooo good! I really hope it sees a physical media release

Time for our first feature presentation: “The Cry of Jazz” (1959) directed by Edward O. Bland (youtu.be/fE00fzXpI04?...) and featuring the music of poet, musician and Afro-Futurist Sun Ra and His Arkestra
#LaEsoterica #TheCryOfJazz #Jazz #SunRa #SunRaArkestra

Betty Boop in “Snow-White” (1956) utilizes rotoscoping techniques that transferred Cab Calloway’s signature dance moves to animated characters
#LaEsoterica #BettyBoop #CabCalloway #Jazz #animation

Now for something completely different: The 1933 Fleischer cartoon “Betty Boop in “Snow-White” (youtu.be/cKOSJ5AAwfc?...) featuring music by legendary Jazz bandleader and composer Cab Calloway
#LaEsoterica #BettyBoop #CabCalloway #Jazz #animation