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MILT JACKSON: BEBOP (East-West). The Modern Jazz Quartet's eminent vibes man dives deep into the bop era, working fresh wonders on eight vintage tunes, mostly by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. If Bird lives in Clint Eastwood's recent film biography, he gets a neat new lease on life here...
MILT JACKSON: BEBOP (East-West). The Modern Jazz Quartet's eminent vibes man dives deep into the bop era, working fresh wonders on eight vintage tunes, mostly by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. If Bird lives in Clint Eastwood's recent film biography, he gets a neat new lease on life here...
That is not so far from screenwriter Gerolmo's original conception, more than four years ago, of Mississippi Burning: a political parable with western overtones, perhaps to star William Hurt and Clint Eastwood. "Hurt would represent the idealistic approach, and Eastwood the violent response," says Gerolmo, 35. "The film would be similar to John Ford's 1962 western, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. It's a movie that asks some serious questions about using violence in the name of the law." Initially then, Gerolmo might have meant the FBI's terrorist tactics to be seen critically, or at least...
BIRD Charlie Parker, genius of modern jazz and modern self-destruction, is played with easy-gliding perfection by Forest Whitaker, and director Clint Eastwood re-creates his world in dark, romantic hues. No false notes, no easy sentiment...
...even the jackpot shows like Today and Good Morning America. A studio may let a show do a location report in exchange for multishow exposure when the film is released. Nowadays, the big stars expect more than at least three segments on the breakfast clubs; for a Clint Eastwood, the Today show should be renamed Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Says one studio publicity executive: "If you have a few Class A stars in a picture, you can play the two shows off each other until you get everything you want. On Steel Magnolias, for example, you could tell Today they...