David Amram: The First 80 Years
A Film Screening.
Classical composer, French horn jazz player, world musician, collaborator with Beat icon Jack Kerouac – David Amram has squeezed more experience and music into his eight decades than several other men combined. As a jazz French horn player, Amram worked with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Miles Davis, and many others. In his classical work he has worked with Leonard Bernstein, served as conductor for many prominent orchestras, composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber music pieces and has written many scores for theater and film, including the original The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Splendor in the Grass (1961), Arthur Miller’s play After The Fall and the legendary Beat Generation film Pull My Daisy (1959). His discography includes over 20 ground-breaking records including several released in the last 3 years.
This acclaimed 2011 film, directed by Lawrence Kraman captures all the above-mentioned accomplishments and more using rare archival footage and features interviews and performances by singer Kurt Elling and others.
The film will be screened one time only at 4pm on Monday September 24 beginning a three day celebration hosted by MAS Eclectic concert series featuring Maestro Amram in person and some of Denver’s most skilled musicians. An intimate house concert of his classical chamber music will be held on Tuesday September 25 featuring leading players from the Colorado Symphony and on Wednesday September 26 Dazzle will present David Amram & Friends Jazz performance.
Monday, September 24, 2018 | 4:00 PM
Sie FilmCenter
2510 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206
*One Showing Only
About David Amram
David Amram is one of the greatest living proponents of the Art of Music, symbolizing excellence and creativity in Jazz, Classical, Folk, Latin, and film scores, opera and musical theater. In his words: “Music that is built to last”.
He has known and collaborated with Woody Guthrie, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Leonard Bernstein, Willie Nelson, Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, Pepper Adams, Levon Helm, James Gallway, Betty Carter, poets Alan Ginsburg, Langston Hughes, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Jack Kerouac to name a few.
He is the recipient of six honorary doctorate degrees and numerous other prestigious awards and recognition. He recently was honored with an International Living lifetime achievement award from Folk Alliance, who created a great tribute video.
In the early 1950s David was encouraged to pursue his unique path by mentors Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and performed on many important Jazz recordings as sideman and under his name. He also collaborated with Aaron Copland, Gunther Schuller, and visual artists Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. Today, as he has for over 60 years, Amram continues to compose music while traveling the world as a conductor, soloist, bandleader, author, visiting scholar, social activist and narrator in five languages.
David Amram: The First 80 Years
Film Screening
Monday, September 24, 2018 | 4:00 PM
Sie FilmCenter
2510 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206
*One Showing Only.