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Jazz for Hollywood: Branford Marsalis and Laura Karpman

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
April 20, 2024
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This time we are focusing on jazz-infused soundtracks that received Academy Awards nominations for Best Original Score in a Feature Film, because jazz does a great job a propelling a movie story forward. Kudos to Laura Karpman, the composer of the soundtrack for American Fiction and Branford Marsalis for the soundtrack of Rustin, two scores that have a life of their own even without the images they were was meant to accompany.

Happy listening!

Playlist

Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Laura Karpman "Bookstore" American Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sony Masterworks) 0:16
Host talks 2:22
Laura Karpman "Family Is, Monk Is" American Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sony Masterworks) 4:00
Host talks 8:49
Laura Karpman "My Pafology" American Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sony Masterworks) 10:12
Laura Karpman "(Laura's) Stagg R. Leigh" American Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sony Masterworks) 13:26
Patrice Rushen "(Patrice's) Monk Is" American Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sony Masterworks) 14:33
Host talks 18:49
Laura Karpman "(Laura's) Fever Dream" American Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sony Masterworks) 20:43
Branford Marsalis "Fingertips Redux" Rustin (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) (Netflix) 24:12
Host talks 26:05
Branford Marsalis "Who Said You're Not Our Man" Rustin (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) (Netflix) 27:46
Branford Marsalis "Didn't It Rain" Rustin (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) (Netflix) 30:18
Branford Marsalis "Chief Wells Redux" Rustin (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) (Netflix) 32:58
Branford Marsalis "The Rustin Shuffle" Rustin (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) (Netflix) 33:53
Host talks 34:32
Branford Marsalis "Moving to Utopia" Rustin (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) (Netflix) 36:35

Photo credit: Eric Ryan Anderson

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