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July 21 Premiere date for INSIDE OUT IN THE OPEN, new documentary on free jazz

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The new documentary, Inside Out In The Open, will premiere on July 21 in New York City. Directed by Alan Roth, Inside Out In The Open is an expressionist journey into the music known as free jazz. The 60-minute documentary revolves around the interviews with 11 such musicians, whose words are complemented by their music and that of other musicians.

The premiere will take place on Saturday, July 21, 5:00 PM, at Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave., in New York City's East Village. Filmmaker and some of the musicians will be present. A second showing is scheduled for Sunday July 22 at 3:00 PM.

Free jazz was the evolution in the history of American jazz music that grew out of the early 1960s. Also called the New Thing, the Jazz Revolution, and free improvisation, i those musicians expanded the boundaries in rhythm, sound, harmonics, and collective improvisation, with an expansive openness and deep emotion. It continues now as a musical tradition, attracting younger musicians and younger audiences.

Inside Out In The Open is a unique documentary in its style, unlike more "encyclopedic" work. Its organic, layered approach reflects its subject matter, calling upon the viewer to take an active role. In the process, it not only introduces the music and the personalities, it opens doors for the viewer to learn more. The only voices are of the musicians themselves, speaking about creating music, influences, memories of the 60s and more.

Although in production since 1997, it is being released in the shadow of the much-criticized PBS documentary by Ken Burns. Inside Out In The Open finally gives recognition to important musicians who were completely left out of that PBS program. This list includes Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Eric Dolphy, and the later work of John Coltrane. It also speaks more from the musicians' point of view.

Interviewed are: Marion Brown, Roswell Rudd; John Tchicai; Alan Silva, Burton Greene Joseph Jarman, Baikida Carroll, William Parker, Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp, and Susie Ibarra. Performers include: the late Denis Charles and Glenn Spearman, Joseph Jarman, Peter Brotzman, John Tchicai, In Order To Survive (William Parker, Cooper-Moore, Rob Brown, Susie Ibarra), Other Dimensions In Music (Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, Rashid Bakr, William Parker with Matt Shipp), Baikida Carroll and Reggie Workman and others.

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