The Man with the Jazz Guitar is a 2012 British documentary film about the jazz guitarist Ken Sykora.
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| Directed by | Marc Mason |
| Produced by | Marc Mason Linda Chirrey |
| Starring | Ken Sykora Martin Taylor |
| Cinematography | Marc Mason |
| Edited by | Marc Mason |
| Music by | Ken Sykora Django Reinhardt |
Production company | Five Feet Films |
| Distributed by | Five Feet Films (UK) |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Man with the Jazz Guitar was released in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2012.[1]
It was selected for the 2013 Keswick Film Festival, the 2013 Tucson Film & Music Festival and the Jazz on Film section of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and also appeared as part of the programme of various jazz festivals.[2]
Reception
editIt was described by film critic Philip French as an “affectionate, affecting and altogether delightful documentary”.[3] "The film paints a contented picture of life in Suffolk, with interviews with Ken’s friends – former Ipswich dentist Ronnie Caiels, folk musician David Penrose and his lodger, singer Julie Gleave. They conjure up an image of a man very much at peace with himself", according to the East Anglian Daily Times.[4] A review in Sight And Sound wrote, "It presents itself as something of a restoration narrative, in which a forgotten figure receives the credit and interest he is due, but it never insists on any epochal importance for its subject. There are glimpses of influence: gestures toward the impression his BBC programme devoted to the guitar must have had on a younger (and far louder) generation of players who came of age in the sixties."[5]
References
edit- ^ "Ken Sykora biopic The Man With The Jazz Guitar". BBC. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ "The Man with the Jazz Guitar". The Man with the Jazz Guitar. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ French, Phillip (20 May 2012). "The Man with the Jazz Guitar – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ "Ken Sykora, Suffolk's master of jazz guitar, honoured at last". East Anglian Daily Times. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ Sight and Sound July 2012.