The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith Trailer (2016)
"Art, obsession and anxiety permeate a dilapidated Manhattan loft building in Mid-century"02 February 2016Factual, Music87 mins
Art, obsession and anxiety permeate a dilapidated Manhattan loft building in Mid-century: The first movie to use photographer W. Eugene Smith's massive, fly-on-the-wall archive of photos and audio tapes documenting the likes of jazz greats Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Giuffre, Hall Overton and others at work and play in the Sixth Avenue wreck that was Smith's home and studio from 1957 through the '60s.
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