So some people know that I often work in the jazz scene and with great musicians. The accuracy that La La had in a lot of the scene's when it either was about jazz or dating as artists was amazing close. Besides great songs & amazing shots. The Cinematic of La La Land can easily be considered the most innovative & aspiring of 2016. It also offers an accurate feel in script.
But let focus on some clips of the movie.
Clip 1
Lovely Night, tap dance a way of dance
Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm (jazz) tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses on dance; it is widely performed in musical theater. Rhythm tap focuses on musicality, and practitioners consider themselves to be a part of the jazz tradition.
Tap dance has its roots in the fusion of several ethnic percussive dances, including African tribal dances and Irish jigs; the relative contribution of different traditions is a point of disagreement among historians and dance scholars.[1] Tap dance is believed to have begun in the mid-1800s during the rise of minstrel shows. Famous as Master Juba, William Henry Lane became one of the few black performers to join an otherwise white minstrel troupe, and is widely considered to be one of the most famous forebears of tap dance.
During the 1930s tap dance mixed with Lindy Hop. "Flying swing outs" and "flying circles" are Lindy Hop moves with tap footwork. In the mid- to late 1950s, the style of entertainment changed. Jazz music and tap dance declined, while rock and roll and the new jazz dance emerged. What is now called jazz dance evolved out of tap dance, so both dances have many moves in common. But jazz evolved separately from tap dance to become a new form in its own right. Well-known dancers during the 1960s and 1970s included Arthur Duncan and Tommy Tune.
City of Starts
A simple master piece.
Justin Hurwitz, the composer of the song, discussed the writing of the song:[5]
“ [The song] started at the piano with me just working on demos for Damien, sending him ideas until something really sparked. It's so funny that that and "Audition" are the two songs that people seem to be responding to the most, at least so far, because they had similar processes in the sense that they had probably the least amount of fussing at the piano demo stage. [...] I was just composing it from an emotional place and thinking about the tone. I would say the tone is hopeful, but melancholy at the same time. And it kind of goes back-and-forth between cadencing in major and cadencing in minor, because I think that’s kind of what the song is about. You have these great moments and then you have these less great moments in life and in Los Angeles and we see it happen in the story. I was thinking about that idea a little bit and just trying to compose a melody that I thought was shapely and beautiful. I guess it has some jazz inflections, because it’s something Sebastian plays on the piano. ”
The accuracy in my artistic life
I write music for films, plays, games but every time I work with jazz musicians there are 2 types.
The conventionalist/traditionalist & the innovator. I had the honour to work with Mr Gaynel Hodge for his last EP. His approach was minimalistic but he innovated on the idea's of doo-wop. This man is a hero for tons of reasons. Yet my suggestions on approach which weren't that conventional considering his age were fine with him he loved my workflow of mastering.
"You are holding on the past, but jazz is about the future.
These words from John Legend are just as important as writing something 'as interesting as you're.' I just gonna leave you with that. And if you are that lucky that you can live from being creative just as me you will figure out how important some of these lessons are.