Friday, July
25th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Jeremy Zmuda

Award winning Guitarist, (2007 John Lennon Songwriting Competition
winner), Jeremy Zmuda grew up in the small town of Long Beach,
Indiana.
In 1993, he enrolled
in Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he was awarded
scholarship while studying Jazz performance and music education.
While at Berklee Jeremy had the opportunity to study with a
few guitar masters, including Jon Damian (Bill Frisell and Mike
Stern's teacher) and Richie Hart (master of Wes Montgomery and
George Benson's concepts). Upon Graduating with honors, he stayed
in Boston and became a well sought after musician on the Boston
scene. He moved to New York in the fall of 2004 and his musical
world grew beyond his imagination.
Jeremy has had the
opportunity to share the stage and collaborate with some of
New York City's finest musicians, and has traveled the States
and Europe touring with his music.
In September of 2007,
Zmuda was award the prestigious grand prize award in the John
Lennon Songwriting contest. His composition, "On Standby"
was chosen for best Jazz song out of over 1000 entries.
Zmuda will be joined
by bassist-Yasushi Nakamora and drummer-Bryson Kern.
"His attack, tone and melodic concept put him in the realm
of Kurt
Rosenwinkel and Adam Rogers.........a unique and thoughtful
take on modern jazz......"
Matthew Wornoc - Just Jazz Guitar
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Fuku

Master drum player Fukushi Tainaka is one of the best-known
Japanese jazz musician of his generation and one of the most
in-demand drum players on the international jazz scene. A longtime
member of legendary alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s group,
Fukushi played alongside countless other prominent jazz artists,
including trumpet legend Dizzy Girespie, Bill Hardman and Woody
Shaw, guitarist George Benson and Randy Johnston, pianist Champian
Fulton, Benny Green, Barry Harris and Junior Mance, organist
Dr. Ronnie Smith, saxophonist Arnett Cobb, Junior Cook, Kenny
Garrett, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, David ‘Fathead’
Newman and Frank Wess.
During the past two decades, Fukushi has performed in most
New York jazz venues, including Birdland, Black Duck, The Blue
Note, Garage, Fat Cat, Smoke, Smalls, The Village Vanguard (and
defunct club such as Sweet Basil, Fat Tuesday’s, and The
Village Gate), as well as playing at major concert halls, jazz
clubs, and festivals all over the world. Fukushi’s jazz
festival appearances include New York’s prestigious JVC
Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center Outdoors, Charlie Parker Jazz
Festival, the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the Philadelphia Jazz Festival,
the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Iowa Jazz Workshop, the Toronto
and Montreal Jazz Festivals, as well as major European and Japanese
jazz festivals.
Fukushi has toured Japan as often as three times a year since
the early 1980s with his own groups, as a member of the acclaimed
pianist Shizuko Yokoyama’s trio, and with Lou Donaldson
and other jazz greats. Since the mid-80s, Fukushi has also toured
Europe twice every year with Lou Donaldson, appearing at jazz
clubs and festivals in European countries. His recording history
includes two hit CDs with Lou Donaldson, also appearing in his
longtime musical partner Shizuko Yokoyama’s album “To
My Mother”, and dozens of other recordings from various
Japanese jazz labels.
Classic
James Bond Movie
Sunday, July
27th, 2008 @ 8:00pm
Movie:
"Diamonds are Forever" (1971)

Filming
Filming for Diamonds are Forever begun on April 5, 1971, with
the South African scenes actually shot in the desert near Las
Vegas, and finished in August 13, 1971. The film was shot primarily
at the Los Angeles International Airport, Universal City Studios
and eight hotels of Las Vegas. Besides the Pinewood Studios
in London, other places in England were Dover and Southampton.
The climactic oil rig sequence was shot at the Oceanside of
California. Other filming locations included Cap D'Antibes in
France (the opening scenes), Amsterdam and Lufthansa's hangar
in Germany.
Filming in Las Vegas took place mostly in hotels owned by Howard
Hughes, since he was a friend of Cubby Broccoli. Getting the
streets empty in order to shoot was achieved through the collaboration
of Hughes, the Las Vegas police and shopkeepers association.
The Las Vegas Hilton dubbed for the Whyte House, and since the
owner of the Circus Circus was a Bond fan, he allowed the Circus
to be used on film and even made a cameo. The cinematographers
said filming in Las Vegas at night had an advantage: no additional
illumination was required due to the high number of neon lights.
The car chase where the red side-rolled car comes outside of
the narrow street on the opposite side in which it was rolled,
was filmed over three nights on Fremont Street in Las Vegas.
The alleyway car roll sequence is actually filmed in two locations.
The entrance was at the car park at Universal Studios and the
exit was at Fremont Street, Las Vegas.
The site used for the Willard Whyte Space Labs (where Bond gets
away in the Moon Buggy) was actually, at that time, a Johns-Manville
gypsum plant located just outside of Las Vegas. The home of
Kirk Douglas was used for the scene in Tiffany's house, while
the Elrod House in Palm Springs became Willard Whyte's house.
While filming her
fall in the swimming pool, Lana Wood actually had her feet loosely
tied to a cement block on the bottom. Film crew members held
a rope across the pool for her, with which she could lift her
face out of the water to breathe between takes. The pool's sloping
bottom made the block slip into deeper water with each take.
Eventually, Wood was submerged but was noticed by on-lookers
and rescued. Wood, being a certified diver, remained calm during
the ordeal, although she later admitted to a few "very
uncomfortable moments."
Since the car chase
in Las Vegas would have many car crashes, the filmmakers had
an arrangement with Ford to use their vehicles. Ford's only
demand to give the cars was for Sean Connery to drive the 1971
Mustang Mach 1 which serves as Tiffany Case's car. Other Ford
vehicles include Blofeld's chief scientist drives a Ford Econoline
van, Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd drive a Thunderbird, and during the
moon buggy chase, the security guards are driving Ford Custom
500s.
The Moon Buggy was inspired by the actual NASA vehicle, but
with additions such as flaying arms since the producers didn't
find the design "outrageous" enough. The fiberglass
tires which NASA used had to be replaced during the chase sequence,
because the heat and the irregular desert soil ruined them.
[Thank you, Wikipedia.com.]
Friday, August
1st, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Nick
D'Amico

Guitarist Nick D’Amico
has been a playing jazz standards at the Black Duck for years
with his trio.
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Howard Britze

New York City bassist, pianist and composer Howard Britz was
born in London, England in 1961. A band leader in his own right,
he has performed and recorded with a diverse collection of influential
musicians including; Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross, Danilo Perez,
Paquito de Rivera, Sam Rivers, Julius Hemphill, Kenny Werner,
Uri Caine, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Kenny Wheeler, New
York’s Central Baptist Gospel Choir and most recently
Edsel Gomez to name a few. The breadths of his musical influences
are apparent in his playing and compositions and are reflected
by the artists he has worked alongside and his recordings.
Growing up in England, Howard immersed himself in the London
Jazz scene; he formed creative associations with British pianists,
Jonathan Gee and Jason Rebello, saxophonist/composer Tim Garland,
amongst others. Although he was in demand as a band leader and
sideman Britz also played in the onstage band for the hugely
successful show ‘Blues in the Night’ which ran for
over a year in London’s West End.
Arriving in America in 1991 on a scholarship from Berklee College
of Music in Boston, Howard quickly established himself as a
working musician. One of his first gigs was with Billy Pierce,
the ex-Art Blakey tenor man. Transferring to The New England
Conservatory of Music, Britz earned a Graduate Diploma whilst
keeping up a busy performing schedule.
In 1995 he overshot New York and moved to Philadelphia, PA
for, as he puts it, “romantic reasons,” and found
a lively and vibrant jazz scene of which he quickly became a
part, “I learned so much playing with the wonderful Philly
musicians of the older and younger generations such as Mickey
Rocker, Sid Simmons, Uri Caine and John Swana, and the many
soulful Jazz/Blues vocalists, it was a great scene”.
Howard moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1998 where he now lives
with wife, Martha, and large brown dog, Sammy . He has worked
steadily since then playing many NYC venues and touring in the
US and abroad. “This has been a good move for me, although
it's tough to be here as a Jazz musician, to be around the some
of the best and most creative players in the world is a privilege
and a challenge that helps you sort out who you are and what
it is that you want to say"
Classic
James Bond Movie
Sunday, August
3rd, 2008 @ 8:00pm
Movie:
"Live and Let Die" (1973)

Filming
Production began in 1972, with filming in Pinewood Studios,
along with location shooting in New York City, New Orleans,
Louisiana, and Jamaica doubling for the fictional San Monique.
The producers were reportedly required to pay protection money
to a local Harlem gang to ensure the crew's safely. When the
cash ran out, they were "encouraged" to leave.
Ross Kananga suggested the jump on crocodiles, and was enlisted
by the producers to do the stunt. The scene took five takes
to be completed, including one in which the last crocodile snapped
at Kananga's heel, tearing his trousers. The production also
had trouble with snakes. The script supervisor was so afraid
that she refused to be on set with them; an actor fainted while
filming a scene where he is killed by a snake; Jane Seymour
became terrified as a reptile got closer, and Geoffrey Holder
only agreed to fall into the snake-filled casket because Princess
Alexandra was visiting the set.
The boat chase was filmed on the Louisiana bayou, with some
interruption caused by flooding. 26 boats were built by the
Glastron boat company for the film. Seventeen were destroyed
during rehearsals. The speedboat jump scene over the bayou,
filmed with assistance with a specially-constructed ramp, unintentionally
set a Guinness World Record at the time with 110 feet cleared.
Unfortunately, the waves created by the impact caused the following
boat to flip over.
The chase involving the double-decker bus was filmed with a
second-hand London bus adapted by having a top section removed
and then replaced so that it ran on ball bearings and so would
slide off on impact.
[Thank you, Wikipedia.com.]
Friday, August 8th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Fuku

Master drum player Fukushi Tainaka is one of the best-known
Japanese jazz musician of his generation and one of the most
in-demand drum players on the international jazz scene. A longtime
member of legendary alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s group,
Fukushi played alongside countless other prominent jazz artists,
including trumpet legend Dizzy Girespie, Bill Hardman and Woody
Shaw, guitarist George Benson and Randy Johnston, pianist Champian
Fulton, Benny Green, Barry Harris and Junior Mance, organist
Dr. Ronnie Smith, saxophonist Arnett Cobb, Junior Cook, Kenny
Garrett, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, David ‘Fathead’
Newman and Frank Wess.
During the past two decades, Fukushi has performed in most
New York jazz venues, including Birdland, Black Duck, The Blue
Note, Garage, Fat Cat, Smoke, Smalls, The Village Vanguard (and
defunct club such as Sweet Basil, Fat Tuesday’s, and The
Village Gate), as well as playing at major concert halls, jazz
clubs, and festivals all over the world. Fukushi’s jazz
festival appearances include New York’s prestigious JVC
Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center Outdoors, Charlie Parker Jazz
Festival, the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the Philadelphia Jazz Festival,
the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Iowa Jazz Workshop, the Toronto
and Montreal Jazz Festivals, as well as major European and Japanese
jazz festivals.
Fukushi has toured Japan as often as three times a year since
the early 1980s with his own groups, as a member of the acclaimed
pianist Shizuko Yokoyama’s trio, and with Lou Donaldson
and other jazz greats. Since the mid-80s, Fukushi has also toured
Europe twice every year with Lou Donaldson, appearing at jazz
clubs and festivals in European countries. His recording history
includes two hit CDs with Lou Donaldson, also appearing in his
longtime musical partner Shizuko Yokoyama’s album “To
My Mother”, and dozens of other recordings from various
Japanese jazz labels.
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Iris Ornig

German native Iris Ornig brings European flair to her original
jazz compositions. A bassist and bandleader, Ms. Ornig mixes
contemporary music and straight ahead jazz with rare sophistication.
Classic James Bond Movie
Sunday, August
10th, 2008 @ 8:00pm
Movie:
"The Man with the Golden Gun"
(1974)

Filming
Scaramanga's Island
The film was shot
on location in Hong Kong, Macau, Bangkok, and Phuket. Studio
work including Scaramaga's solar energy plant and island interior
were filmed at Pinewood Studios. The canal scene where Bond
disables the dojo's boat was filmed in Thon Buri, Thailand.
Stunt driver "Bumps"
Williard (as James Bond) driving a AMC Hornet leaps a broken
bridge and spins around 360 degrees in mid-air, doing an "aerial
twist". Willard was paid £30,000 for the stunt, which
was held under EON Productions copyright for several years afterwards.
The scenes featuring
the island hideout of Scaramanga were filmed in Phang Nga Province
in Thailand, northeast of Phuket on the island of Ko Khao Phing
Kan and the adjacent Ko Tapu Scaramanga's hideout is on Ko Khao
Phing Kan, and Ko Tapu is often now referred to as James Bond
Island both by locals as well as in tourist guidebooks. Both
islands are significant tourists attractions in the area. The
site was extremely hard hit by a tsunami following the 2004
Indian Ocean earthquake.
One of the more interesting locations is the use of a derelict
former Atlantic Ocean liner, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, as a top-secret
MI6 base in Hong Kong harbor. The announcer on the Hong Kong-Macau
hydrofoil ferry announces when passing the wreck of the Queen
Elizabeth that it sank in 1971. It actually sank in January
1972.
[Thank
you, Wikipedia.com.]
Friday, August
15th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Jeremy Zmuda

Award winning Guitarist, (2007 John Lennon Songwriting Competition
winner), Jeremy Zmuda grew up in the small town of Long Beach,
Indiana.
In 1993, he enrolled in Berklee College of Music in Boston,
where he was awarded scholarship while studying Jazz performance
and music education. While at Berklee Jeremy had the opportunity
to study with a few guitar masters, including Jon Damian (Bill
Frisell and Mike Stern's teacher) and Richie Hart (master of
Wes Montgomery and George Benson's concepts). Upon Graduating
with honors, he stayed in Boston and became a well sought after
musician on the Boston scene. He moved to New York in the fall
of 2004 and his musical world grew beyond his imagination.
Jeremy has had the opportunity to share the stage and collaborate
with some of New York City's finest musicians, and has traveled
the States and Europe touring with his music.
In September of 2007, Zmuda was award the prestigious grand
prize award in the John Lennon Songwriting contest. His composition,
"On Standby" was chosen for best Jazz song out of
over 1000 entries.
Zmuda will be joined by bassist-Yasushi Nakamora and drummer-Bryson
Kern.
"His attack, tone and melodic concept put him in the realm
of Kurt
Rosenwinkel and Adam Rogers.........a unique and thoughtful
take on modern jazz......"
Matthew Wornoc - Just Jazz Guitar
Saturday,
August 16th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Nick D'Amico

Guitarist Nick D’Amico has been a playing jazz standards
at the Black Duck for years with his trio.
Classic James Bond Movie
Sunday, August
17th, 2008 @ 8:00pm
Movie:
"The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)

Filming
The Lotus Esprit as
seen falling into the sea and then in submarine mode.
The film was shot at the Pinewood Studios in London, Porto Cervo
in Sardinia, Egypt (Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Gayer-Anderson Museum),
Malta, Scotland, Okinawa, Switzerland and Mount Asgard on Baffin
Island in the then northern Canadian territory of Northwest
territories (now located in Nunavut).
In March 1976 construction began of a new sound stage at Pinewood,
the 007 Stage. To complement this stage, EON also paid for the
building water tank in capable of storing approximately 1,200,000
gallons. The soundstage was in fact so enormous that celebrated
director Stanley Kubrick visited the production, in secret,
to advise on how to light the stage.
The main unit began its work in August 1976, travelling first
to Sardinia and later to Egypt for some of the film's early
scenes. While in Sardinia, Moore drove the first of two Lotus
Esprits that were to feature in the film. The second specially
modified model was unveiled by Ken Adam and Derek Meddings in
October when the second unit, traveled to Nassau to film the
underwater sequences. The main feature of the car was the ability
to transform into a submarine. Once transformed it could unleash
depth charges and smoke screens. The car seen entering the sea
was a shell, propelled off the jetty by a compressed air cannon.
The car was registered as PPW 306R. Only two cars of the type
were available, and so the production had to requisition the
Esprit from Colin Chapman, the head of the Lotus Company."
Next on the schedule was the filming of Richard Kiel's first
scenes as Jaws from September 5, 1976 onwards.
While construction of the "Liparus" set continued,
the second unit headed by John Glen departed for Mount Asgard
where in July 1976 they staged the film's pre-credits sequence.
Bond film veteran Willy Bogner captured the action staged by
stuntman Rick Sylvester who earned $30,000 for the stunt. This
stunt cost $500,000 - the most expensive single movie stunt
at that time.
The production team
returned briefly to the UK to shoot at the Faslane submarine
base before setting off to Spain, Portugal and the Bay of Biscay
where the super tanker exteriors were filmed. On 5 December
1976, with principal photography finished, the 007 Stage was
formally opened by the then Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
In the DVD commentary, a saltwater swimming pool (which was
used for Stromberg's shark tank) with a live shark was used,
which was filmed in the Bahamas along with stunt doubles.
[Thank
you, Wikipedia.com.]
Friday, August
22nd, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Fuku

Master drum player Fukushi Tainaka is one of the best-known
Japanese jazz musician of his generation and one of the most
in-demand drum players on the international jazz scene. A longtime
member of legendary alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s group,
Fukushi played alongside countless other prominent jazz artists,
including trumpet legend Dizzy Girespie, Bill Hardman and Woody
Shaw, guitarist George Benson and Randy Johnston, pianist Champian
Fulton, Benny Green, Barry Harris and Junior Mance, organist
Dr. Ronnie Smith, saxophonist Arnett Cobb, Junior Cook, Kenny
Garrett, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, David ‘Fathead’
Newman and Frank Wess.
During the past two decades, Fukushi has performed in most
New York jazz venues, including Birdland, Black Duck, The Blue
Note, Garage, Fat Cat, Smoke, Smalls, The Village Vanguard (and
defunct club such as Sweet Basil, Fat Tuesday’s, and The
Village Gate), as well as playing at major concert halls, jazz
clubs, and festivals all over the world. Fukushi’s jazz
festival appearances include New York’s prestigious JVC
Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center Outdoors, Charlie Parker Jazz
Festival, the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the Philadelphia Jazz Festival,
the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Iowa Jazz Workshop, the Toronto
and Montreal Jazz Festivals, as well as major European and Japanese
jazz festivals.
Fukushi has toured Japan as often as three times a year since
the early 1980s with his own groups, as a member of the acclaimed
pianist Shizuko Yokoyama’s trio, and with Lou Donaldson
and other jazz greats. Since the mid-80s, Fukushi has also toured
Europe twice every year with Lou Donaldson, appearing at jazz
clubs and festivals in European countries. His recording history
includes two hit CDs with Lou Donaldson, also appearing in his
longtime musical partner Shizuko Yokoyama’s album “To
My Mother”, and dozens of other recordings from various
Japanese jazz labels.
Saturday,
August 23rd, 2008 @ 9:30pm
*To
Be Announced
Classic
James Bond Movie
Sunday, August
24th, 2008 @ 8:00pm
Movie:
"Moonracker" (1979)

Filming
Main shooting was switched from the usual 007 Stage at Pinewood
Studios to Paris, due to high taxation in England at the time;
only the cable car interiors and space battle exteriors were
filmed at Pinewood. Drax's mansion in California was actually
filmed at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, France.
The cities filmed were London, Paris, Venice, Palmdale and
Rio de Janeiro. Natural landmarks like Sugarloaf Mountain and
the Iguazu Falls were also depicted. The exterior of Drax's
pyramid headquarters in the Amazon rainforest were filmed in
Guatemala. All of the space centre scenes were shot at Kennedy
Space Center, Florida.
[Thank
you, Wikipedia.com.]
Friday, August 29th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Fuku

Master drum player Fukushi Tainaka is one of the best-known
Japanese jazz musician of his generation and one of the most
in-demand drum players on the international jazz scene. A longtime
member of legendary alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s group,
Fukushi played alongside countless other prominent jazz artists,
including trumpet legend Dizzy Girespie, Bill Hardman and Woody
Shaw, guitarist George Benson and Randy Johnston, pianist Champian
Fulton, Benny Green, Barry Harris and Junior Mance, organist
Dr. Ronnie Smith, saxophonist Arnett Cobb, Junior Cook, Kenny
Garrett, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, David ‘Fathead’
Newman and Frank Wess.
During the past two decades, Fukushi has performed in most
New York jazz venues, including Birdland, Black Duck, The Blue
Note, Garage, Fat Cat, Smoke, Smalls, The Village Vanguard (and
defunct club such as Sweet Basil, Fat Tuesday’s, and The
Village Gate), as well as playing at major concert halls, jazz
clubs, and festivals all over the world. Fukushi’s jazz
festival appearances include New York’s prestigious JVC
Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center Outdoors, Charlie Parker Jazz
Festival, the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the Philadelphia Jazz Festival,
the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Iowa Jazz Workshop, the Toronto
and Montreal Jazz Festivals, as well as major European and Japanese
jazz festivals.
Fukushi has toured Japan as often as three times a year since
the early 1980s with his own groups, as a member of the acclaimed
pianist Shizuko Yokoyama’s trio, and with Lou Donaldson
and other jazz greats. Since the mid-80s, Fukushi has also toured
Europe twice every year with Lou Donaldson, appearing at jazz
clubs and festivals in European countries. His recording history
includes two hit CDs with Lou Donaldson, also appearing in his
longtime musical partner Shizuko Yokoyama’s album “To
My Mother”, and dozens of other recordings from various
Japanese jazz labels.
Saturday,
August 30th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Chris Golinski

Justin Wood - Saxophone
Ed Schuller - Bass
Chris Golinski - Drums
Alto saxophonist and flautist Justin
Wood began playing saxophone in fifth grade growing up in rural
Northern Maine. During high school, he co-led a jazz trio and
played gigs ranging from local restaurants to agricultural conventions.
After attending Harvard University, Justin moved to New York
in 1999 to work as a union organizer and explore the city's
music scene. He began performing in New York in 2001, and has
performed around the city with diverse musical groups in venues
including Birdland, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, NJ Performing
Arts Center, the Knitting Factory, and the Garage. Currently,
Justin continues to participate in diverse musical projects.
He co-leads Spoke, an eclectic quartet with trombonist Andy
Hunter, bassist Dan Loomis, and drummer Danny Fischer. He also
performs regularly with other Maine natives such as pianist
Tyler Wood, bassist Chris Van Voorst, and drummer Devin Gray.
Since his professional career began in 1975, Ed Schuller has
worked consistently as a jazz bassist, despite the pressures
of being the oldest son of music legend and jazz historian Gunther
Schuller. A student of jazz icons Jaki Byard, George Russell,
Joe Maneri, Ran Blake, and Chuck Israels, Schuller embarked
on his first national tour at age 20 with guitarist Pat Martino.
Since then, he has been one of the international scene's most
respected bassists, with over 60 sideman recordings to his credit,
including four with the innovative Paul Motian Quintet, Joe
Lovano's award-winning Rush Hour, and the Ran Blake Trio's critically
acclaimed Sonic Temples in 2001.
Drummer Chris Golinski began performing at the age of sixteen
in Kentucky where he played at various restaurants, cafes, and
private events. While studying in Chicago, Chris immersed himself
in the city's music scene and was inspired by local musicians
such as Fred Anderson, Tim Daisy, and Hamid Drake. Since making
the move to NYC two years ago, Chris has performed at venues
such as Mo Pitkins, The Baggott Inn, and the World Café
in Philadelphia, and has regularly appeared as a guest musician
with the gospel choir at Old Bergen Church in NJ. His musical
interests range from traditional jazz to progressive rock and
creative music. Chris leads the group Audible Geometry, which
features Mat Maneri and Ed Schuller, and is the drummer for
the rock band Without You I'm Everything.
Classic
James Bond Movie
Sunday, August
31st, 2008 @ 8:00pm
Movie:
"For Your Eyes Only" (1981)
Filming

The tombstone of
James Bond´s wife, Teresa, which Bond visits. shown at
a James Bond convention in 1992.
Many of the underwater scenes, especially involving close-ups
of Bond and Melina, were actually faked on a dry soundstage.
A combination of lighting effects, slow-motion photography,
wind, and bubbles added in post-production, gave the illusion
of the actors being underwater. Apparently actress Carole Bouquet
had a preexisting health condition that prevented her from actually
attempting any underwater stuntwork.
The film was shot mainly in Greece on locations such as Meteora,
Island of Corfu, and the Achilleion. Other locations included
England (Pinewood Studios with 007 Stage), Italy, and The Bahamas.
During filming of the escape on the bobsleigh track in Cortina
d'Ampezzo, one of the stuntman driving a bobsleigh was killed
during the first day of production.
[Thank
you, Wikipedia.com.]
Friday, September
5th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Fuku

Master drum player Fukushi Tainaka is one of the best-known
Japanese jazz musician of his generation and one of the most
in-demand drum players on the international jazz scene. A longtime
member of legendary alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s group,
Fukushi played alongside countless other prominent jazz artists,
including trumpet legend Dizzy Girespie, Bill Hardman and Woody
Shaw, guitarist George Benson and Randy Johnston, pianist Champian
Fulton, Benny Green, Barry Harris and Junior Mance, organist
Dr. Ronnie Smith, saxophonist Arnett Cobb, Junior Cook, Kenny
Garrett, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, David ‘Fathead’
Newman and Frank Wess.
During the past two
decades, Fukushi has performed in most New York jazz venues,
including Birdland, Black Duck, The Blue Note, Garage, Fat Cat,
Smoke, Smalls, The Village Vanguard (and defunct club such as
Sweet Basil, Fat Tuesday’s, and The Village Gate), as
well as playing at major concert halls, jazz clubs, and festivals
all over the world. Fukushi’s jazz festival appearances
include New York’s prestigious JVC Jazz Festival, Lincoln
Center Outdoors, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, the New Orleans
Jazz Fest, the Philadelphia Jazz Festival, the Cape May Jazz
Festival, the Iowa Jazz Workshop, the Toronto and Montreal Jazz
Festivals, as well as major European and Japanese jazz festivals.
Fukushi has toured
Japan as often as three times a year since the early 1980s with
his own groups, as a member of the acclaimed pianist Shizuko
Yokoyama’s trio, and with Lou Donaldson and other jazz
greats. Since the mid-80s, Fukushi has also toured Europe twice
every year with Lou Donaldson, appearing at jazz clubs and festivals
in European countries. His recording history includes two hit
CDs with Lou Donaldson, also appearing in his longtime musical
partner Shizuko Yokoyama’s album “To My Mother”,
and dozens of other recordings from various Japanese jazz labels.
Saturday,
September 6th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Michael Preen

Michael Preen grew up in a musical environment in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Beginning on guitar at the age of thirteen, he soon
switched to the electric bass at fifteen. After graduating high
school, he decided to take music more seriously and enrolled
in a music program at Delgado Community College in New Orleans.
There, he learned to read music, play jazz, and began studying
upright bass with New Orleans bassist Walter Payton. During
this time, Michael gained experience playing many different
styles of music in-and-around the New Orleans area.
In 1994, he played with The Crescent City Big Band under the
direction of his father, drummer Brian Preen. At the same time,
he formed a rock trio with his brothers James and Andrew called
“The Preemos.” After graduating from Delgado Community
College with an Artists Associates Degree in Music, Michael
landed his first out of town job with a trio that performed
for over two months at the Hyatt Cancun Caribe Resort in Cancun,
Mexico. Upon returning home, Michael was inspired by the idea
of becoming a professional musician. He auditioned for Pro Ship
Entertainment, the leading agency for hiring musicians in the
cruise line industry. Thereafter, Michael found himself traveling
throughout Alaska, the Caribbean, and Europe on some of the
largest cruise lines, including Celebrity, Holland America,
Renaissance, Norwegian and Princess.
In 2002, he moved
to New York City to further his music career. After working
in several regional musical theatres playing classics such as
Gypsy and The Music Man, Michael decided to go back to school
to finish his undergraduate studies in music at New Jersey City
University. He is currently completing his Bachelor of Music
degree in Jazz Performance and is studying with bassist, Andy
Eulau. Michael’s philosophy on music is to be as diverse
as possible and to be able to play in many different styles
of music. In order to survive in the music business today, one
must adapt to many musical situations. After receiving his degree,
Michael plans to continue his career by freelancing as a bass
player, composing original music, and recording music for other
artists.
Classic
James Bond Movie
Sunday, September
7th, 2008 @ 8:00pm
Movie:
"Octopussy" (1983)

Filming
The filming of Octopussy began on August 10, 1982 with the scene
in which Bond arrives at Checkpoint Charlie. Principal photography
was done by Arthur Wooster and his second unit, who later filmed
the knife-throwing scenes. Most of the film was shot in Udaipur,
India and the Monsoon Palace was shot extensively in the film.
In England the RAF Northolt, RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Oakley
were the main locations. The Karl-Marx-Stadt railways scenes
were shot at the Nene Valley Railway, near Peterborough, while
studio work was performed at the Pinewood Studios and 007 Stage.
Most of the crew as well as Roger Moore had diet problems while
shooting in India.

Monsoon Palace
Hollywood stunt pilot and aerial coordinator J.W. "Corkey"
Fornoff, who piloted a 12 foot Acrostar Jet through an open
hangar at more than 150 miles per hour, has said, "Today,
few directors would consider such a stunt. They'd just whip
it up in a computer lab." Having collapsible wings, the
plane was shown hidden in a horse trailer; however, a dummy
was used for this shot. Filming inside the hangar was achieved
by attaching the aircraft to an old Jaguar car by a steel pole
with the roof torn off and driving along. The second unit were
able to add enough obstacles including people and objects inside
the hangar to hide the car and the pole and make it look as
though Moore was flying inside the base. For the explosion after
the mini jet escapes however, a miniature of the hangar was
constructed and filmed closely. The exploding pieces of the
hangar were in reality only four inches in length. A Mercedes
Benz saloon car was stolen by Bond and used to chase the train
— having had his tires shot out, Bond drove on the rails
and entered the train. During filming, the car had intact tires
in one scene so as to avoid any mishap.
Acrostar from Octopussy
seen at a convention
Stunt co-ordinator Martin Grace suffered an injury while shooting
the scene where Bond climbs down the train to catch Octopussy's
attention. During the second day of filming, Grace – who
was Roger Moore's stunt double for the scene – carried
on doing the scene longer than he should have, due to a miscommunication
with the second unit director, and the train entered a section
of the track that the team had not properly surveyed. Shortly
afterwards, a concrete pole fractured Grace's left leg. This
affected morale in the camp for some time.
The bicyclist seen passing in the middle of a swordfight during
the tuk tuk chase sequence was in fact a bystander who passed
through the shot, oblivious to the filming; his intrusion was
captured by two cameras and left in the final film as an unscheduled
stunt. Cameraman Alan Hume's last scene was that of Octopussy's
followers rowing. That day, little time was left and it was
decided to film the sunset at the eleventh hour when Hume reacted,
"Oh just shoot the bloody thing!"
The Fabergé egg in the film is real, it was stolen in
1897 and is called the Coronation Egg, although the egg in the
film is named in the auction catalogue as Property of a Lady",
which is the name of one of Ian Fleming's short stories released
in more recent editions of the collection Octopussy and the
Living Daylights.
In a bit of diegesis that "breaks the fourth wall",
Vijay signals his affiliation to MI6 by playing the James Bond
Theme on a recorder while Bond is disembarking from a boat in
the harbour near the Taj Mahal. Like his fictional counterpart,
the real Vijay had a distinct fear of snakes and found difficulty
holding the basket during filming.
The scene where Khan tries to cheat at backgammon is adapted
from the Bond novel Moonraker, where Hugo Drax cheats at contract
bridge. A line where Khan tells Bond to spend his money quickly
is also a direct quotation from this novel (However, Drax address
Bond as "Commander Bond" and Khan calls him "Mr.
Bond").
[Thank you, Wikipedia.com.]
Friday, September
12th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Nick
D’Amico

Guitarist Nick D’Amico
has been a playing jazz standards at the Black Duck for years
with his trio.
Saturday, September 13th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Iris Ornig

German native Iris Ornig brings European flair to her original
jazz compositions. A bassist and bandleader, Ms. Ornig mixes
contemporary music and straight ahead jazz with rare sophistication.
Classic James Bond Movie
Sunday, September
14th, 2008 @ 8:00pm
Movie:
"A View to a Kill" (1985)

Filming
The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in London, Iceland, Switzerland,
France and United States. Several French landmarks such as the
Eiffel Tower, its Jules Verne Restaurant and the Château
de Chantilly were filmed. The rest of the major filming was
done in the Fisherman's Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge in
San Francisco. The Lefty O'Doul Bridge was featured in the fire
engine chase scene. The horse racing scenes were shot at the
Ascot Racecourse.
The production of A View To A Kill began on June 23, 1984, in
Iceland where the second unit filmed the pre-title sequence.
On June 27, 1984, several leftover canisters of gasoline used
during filming of Ridley Scott's Legend caused the Pinewood
Studios' "007 Stage" to be burnt to the ground. Broccoli
arranged its reconstruction which was done by the end of July
1984. The soundstage was renamed "Albert R. Broccoli's
007 Stage". The filming of A View to a Kill continued when
Roger Moore rejoined the main unit at Pinewood on 1 August 1984.
The crew then departed for shooting the horse-racing scenes
at Royal Ascot Racecourse. The scene in which Bond and Sutton
enter the mineshaft was then filmed in a waterlogged quarry
near Staines and the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum in West Sussex.

Tanya Roberts, Roger Moore and Grace
Jones in a promotional still.
On October 6, 1984, the fourth Unit headed by the special effects
supervisor John Richardson, began its work on the climactic
fight sequence. At first, only a few plates constructed to resemble
the Golden Gate Bridge were used. Later that night, the shooting
of the burning San Francisco City Hall commenced. The first
actual scenes atop the bridge were filmed on October 7, 1984.
In Paris it was planned that two stunt men, B.J. Worth and Don
Caldvedt, would help film two takes of a parachute drop off
a (clearly visible) platform that extended from a top edge of
the Eiffel Tower. However, sufficient footage was obtained from
Worth's jump, so Caldvedt was told he would not be performing
his own jump. Caldvedt, unhappy at not being able to perform
the jump, parachuted off the tower without authorization from
the City of Paris. He was subsequently sacked by the production
team for jeopardizing the continuation of filming in the city.
Airship Industries managed a major marketing coup with the inclusion
of their Skyship 500 series airship in the film. At the time
Airship Industries were producing a fleet of ships which were
recognizable over many capitals of the world offering tours,
or advertising sponsorship deals. As all Bond films have included
the most current technology, this included the lighter than
air interest.
The ship used in the climax was an actual Skyship 500, then
on a promotional tour of Los Angeles after its participation
in the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympic Games. At that time,
had "WELCOME" painted across the side of the hull,
but the word was soon replaced by "ZORIN INDUSTRIES".
During the 1984 season, the ship depicted green and red shades
as a part of Fujifilm's blimp fleet; it was subsequently colored
white. In real life, inflating it would take up to 24 hours,
but during filming it was shown to have taken 2 minutes.
[Thank
you, Wikipedia.com.]
Friday, September
19th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Fuku

Master drum player Fukushi Tainaka is one of the best-known
Japanese jazz musician of his generation and one of the most
in-demand drum players on the international jazz scene. A longtime
member of legendary alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s group,
Fukushi played alongside countless other prominent jazz artists,
including trumpet legend Dizzy Girespie, Bill Hardman and Woody
Shaw, guitarist George Benson and Randy Johnston, pianist Champian
Fulton, Benny Green, Barry Harris and Junior Mance, organist
Dr. Ronnie Smith, saxophonist Arnett Cobb, Junior Cook, Kenny
Garrett, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, David ‘Fathead’
Newman and Frank Wess.
During the past two decades, Fukushi has performed in most
New York jazz venues, including Birdland, Black Duck, The Blue
Note, Garage, Fat Cat, Smoke, Smalls, The Village Vanguard (and
defunct club such as Sweet Basil, Fat Tuesday’s, and The
Village Gate), as well as playing at major concert halls, jazz
clubs, and festivals all over the world. Fukushi’s jazz
festival appearances include New York’s prestigious JVC
Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center Outdoors, Charlie Parker Jazz
Festival, the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the Philadelphia Jazz Festival,
the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Iowa Jazz Workshop, the Toronto
and Montreal Jazz Festivals, as well as major European and Japanese
jazz festivals.
Fukushi has toured Japan as often as three times a year since
the early 1980s with his own groups, as a member of the acclaimed
pianist Shizuko Yokoyama’s trio, and with Lou Donaldson
and other jazz greats. Since the mid-80s, Fukushi has also toured
Europe twice every year with Lou Donaldson, appearing at jazz
clubs and festivals in European countries. His recording history
includes two hit CDs with Lou Donaldson, also appearing in his
longtime musical partner Shizuko Yokoyama’s album “To
My Mother”, and dozens of other recordings from various
Japanese jazz labels.
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Alex Levine

Originally from Philadelphia, Alex Levin has performed in Philadelphia
and New York as a leader and a sideman for the last fifteen
years. After studying at The New School with teacher Gary Dial,
he transferred and graduated from Brown University in 1998 with
a degree in English Literature. From 1998-2001 he lived in Berlin,
Germany, where he started his first quartet, The Living Room.
The popular band played at numerous clubs and festivals throughout
Germany, and gained notoriety for unique interpretations of
pop songs by the likes of Bjork and Tom Waits.
Alex has played with multiple vocalists and instrumentalists
since returning to New York in 2001. He has appeared at clubs
throughout the city, and can most frequently be found leading
his own trio at such clubs as Kavehaz, Detour, Rue B and Night
and Day. Besides leading his trio, Alex performs regularly with
vocalists Ayana del Valle and Heather Moran. He has composed
numerous pieces, and has arranged music for top vocalists, including
the brilliant Paulette McWilliams.
Classic
James Bond Movie
Sunday, September
21st, 2008 @ 8:00pm
Movie:
"The Living Daylights" (1987)

Filming
The film was shot at the Pinewood
Studios at its 007 Stage in UK, as well as Weissensee in Austria.
The pre-title sequence was filmed on the Rock of Gibraltar.
Other locations included Germany, the United States, and Italy.
The desert scenes were done in Morocco. The conclusion of the
film included the Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna and Elveden
Hall, Suffolk.
Principal photography commenced at Gibraltar on September 17,
1986. Aerial stuntmen B.J. Worth and Jake Lombard performed
to the pre-credits parachute jump. Both the terrain and wind
were unfavourable. The stunt was decided to be done using cranes
but aerial stunts arranger B.J. Worth stuck to skydiving and
completed the scenes in a day. The press would not meet Dalton
and d'Abo until October 5, 1986, when the main unit traveled
to Vienna. The stunt with the Land Rover was filmed in the Mojave
Desert.
Almost two weeks after the second unit filming on Gibraltar,
the first unit stared shooting with Andreas Wisniewski and stunt
man Bill Weston. During the course of these three days it took
to film this fight Weston fractured a finger, and Wisniewski
knocked him out once. The next day finds the crew on location
at Stonor House doubling for Bladen's Safe House, the first
scene Jeroen Krabbé filmed.
[Thank
you, Wikipedia.com.]
Friday, September
26th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Nick
D'Amico

Guitarist Nick D’Amico
has been a playing jazz standards at the Black Duck for years
with his trio.
Saturday,
September 27th, 2008 @ 9:30pm
Jazz
with Michael Preen

Michael Preen grew up in a musical environment in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Beginning on guitar at the age of thirteen, he soon
switched to the electric bass at fifteen. After graduating high
school, he decided to take music more seriously and enrolled
in a music program at Delgado Community College in New Orleans.
There, he learned to read music, play jazz, and began studying
upright bass with New Orleans bassist Walter Payton. During
this time, Michael gained experience playing many different
styles of music in-and-around the New Orleans area.
In 1994, he played with The Crescent City Big Band under the
direction of his father, drummer Brian Preen. At the same time,
he formed a rock trio with his brothers James and Andrew called
“The Preemos.” After graduating from Delgado Community
College with an Artists Associates Degree in Music, Michael
landed his first out of town job with a trio that performed
for over two months at the Hyatt Cancun Caribe Resort in Cancun,
Mexico. Upon returning home, Michael was inspired by the idea
of becoming a professional musician. He auditioned for Pro Ship
Entertainment, the leading agency for hiring musicians in the
cruise line industry. Thereafter, Michael found himself traveling
throughout Alaska, the Caribbean, and Europe on some of the
largest cruise lines, including Celebrity, Holland America,
Renaissance, Norwegian and Princess.
In 2002, he moved to New York City to further his music career.
After working in several regional musical theatres playing classics
such as Gypsy and The Music Man, Michael decided to go back
to school to finish his undergraduate studies in music at New
Jersey City University. He is currently completing his Bachelor
of Music degree in Jazz Performance and is studying with bassist,
Andy Eulau. Michael’s philosophy on music is to be as
diverse as possible and to be able to play in many different
styles of music. In order to survive in the music business today,
one must adapt to many musical situations. After receiving his
degree, Michael plans to continue his career by freelancing
as a bass player, composing original music, and recording music
for other artists.
Classic James Bond Movie
Sunday, September
28th, 2008 @ 8:00pm
Movie:
"License to Kill" (1989)
Filming
Much of the film was shot in Mexico in Mexico City and the Florida
Keys. In the film the Republic of Isthmus was a fictional South
American country, based on Panama. Mexico was used to double
for this location. Shooting ran from July 18, 1988 to November
1988.
In Mexico City locations included the Biblioteca del Banco de
Mexico for exterior of El Presidente Hotel and the Casino Español
for the interior of Casino de Isthmus whilst the Teatro de la
Ciudad was used for its exterior. Churubusco Studios was used
as a sound stage and production base. Villa Arabesque was used
for Sanchez' lavish villa which was filmed in Acapulco, and
the La Rumorosa Mountain Pass in Mexicali was used for the filming
site of the tanker chase. Sanchez's Olympiatec Meditation Institute
was shot at the Otomi Ceremonial Center in Toluca. Other underwater
sequences were shot at the Isla Mujeres near Cancún.
In the United States filming was done primarily in the Florida
Keys, notably Key West. Seven Mile Bridge towards Pigeon Key
was used for the armoured truck driving off the edge. Other
locations there included Ernest Hemingway House, Key West International
Airport, Mallory Square, St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church for
Leiter's wedding and Stephano's House 707 South Street for his
house and patio. The US Coast Guard Pier was used to film Isthmus
City harbour.
Licence to Kill is the only James Bond film to date not to have
used a film studio in the United Kingdom during production,
though post-production and sound re-recording was carried out
at Pinewood Studios. This is also the first Bond film to be
rated PG-13 in the US and 15 in the UK; all previous films were
PG. Violent scenes had to be trimmed in both the UK and US (albeit
somewhat less so) to avoid a higher classification.
The uncut version is available in the James Bond Ultimate Edition
DVD range.
[Thank
you, Wikipedia.com.]
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