MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS THE BLUES A MUSICAL JOURNEY SERIES
The complete seven-part series is available on DVD as Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues–A Musical Journey. The blues have great emotional resonance and are the foundation for American popular music.” Scorsese served as executive producer of the series, which includes episodes directed by Clint Eastwood ( Piano Blues) and Wim Wenders ( The Soul of a Man). “The culture of storytelling through music is incredibly fascinating and appealing to me. Joe was Nominated for six Grammy Awards and won four in the Best Historical Album category for Mastering: 1998’s The Complete Hank Williams, 2003’s Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey, 2004’s Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970, and 2014’s Bill Withers: The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums. “I’ve always felt an affinity for blues music,” Scorsese told PBS. The documentary includes interviews and performances from contemporary artists like Taj Mahal and Willie King, as well as archival footage of legends like Son House, Muddy Waters and Lead Belly.
All seven films in The Blues series were released as a collectors' set on DVD and VHS concurrent with the PBS. The complete seven-part series is available on DVD as Martin Scorsese Presents The BluesA Musical Journey. It follows musician Corey Harris as he traces the roots of the Blues from the Mississippi Delta back to West Africa. Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - A Musical Journey Seven-VHS boxed set. Scorsese served as executive producer of the series, which includes episodes directed by Clint Eastwood (Piano Blues) and Wim Wenders (The Soul of a Man). “It’s like a light in the darkness that never goes out.” So begins Feel Like Going Home, Scorsese’s fascinating and at times lyrical documentary on the origin and evolution of the blues.įeel Like Going Home (shown above in its entirety) is the first of seven installments, by seven directors, in the PBS series The Blues.
It offers a survey of many different blues sub-genres and tangential. The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. It is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese PBS documentary series The Blues. A companion to the groundbreaking PBS documentary series, this volume is a unique and timeless celebration of the blues, from writers and artists as esteemed and revered as the music that moved them.Included in this stunning collection are Essays by David Halberstam, Hilton Als, Suzan-Lori Parks, Elmore Leonard, Luc Sante, John Edgar Wideman, and many others Timeless archival pieces by writers such as Stanley Booth, Paul Oliver, and Mack McCormick Evocative color illustrations and rare vintage photography Illuminating and in-depth conversations and portraits of musicians, ranging from Robert Johnson and Bessie Smith to John Lee Hooker and Eric Clapton Lyrics of legendary blues compositions Personal essays by the series directors Martin Scorsese, Charles Burnett, Richard Pearce, Wim Wenders, Marc Levin, Mike Figgis, and Clint Eastwood Excerpts from literary masters James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Eudora Welty, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and William FaulknerTracing the art form's path from juke joints, house parties, and recording studios to musicians such as Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles, Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues proves, in the words of Willie Dixon, "The blues are the roots every-thing else is the fruits.“I can’t imagine my life, or anyone else’s, without music,” says filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey is a 2003 Various artists box set.
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