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The films highlighted are "25th Hour," "Bamboozled," "Clockers," "Do The Right Thing," "Four Little Girls," "Jim Brown â€â€? All American," "Jungle Fever," "Malcolm X," "Mo' Better Blues," and "Summer of Sam
Lee's upbringing was strongly rooted in music â€â€? his father is jazz musician and composer Bill Lee â€â€? and clearly made an impression on him artistically, said Samuel L The concert series debuted in London on April 21 "
The sound and vision of many of Lee's 16 films, many of which were part of a collaboration with renowned jazz trumpeter-composer-b andleader Blanchard, will be recreated by singers and musicians as still images from the films are projected stop in Philadelphia, it's the music of Lee's films that takes center stage org/Pages/Arts
"From the time he starts writing the screenplay he starts thinking about the music; it's part of the process, it's not an add on," said Danny Kapilian, the show's producer venue, with performances to follow in June and July at Carnegie Hall in New York; Symphony Center in Chicago and The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles Music From Lee Films Takes Center Stage
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Spike Lee's artistic vision isn't just what he sees, but what he hears: From classical music and rap to spirituals and disco, sound sets a scene and tells a story as much as cinematography, editing or costumes
In a new multimedia show called "The Movie Music of Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard," which makes its first U "He comes from a musical family, which helps to define his work
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Lee often uses music to establish a film's time period, said Lou deLise, a lecturer in composition at the Esther Boyer College of Music at Temple University Mann Center guests include Philadelphia-based R&B duo Floetry, Angelique Kidjo and Angie Stone, Vergilio said "
Lee paired the music of 20th century composer Aaron Copland with rap group Public Enemy for 1998's "He Got Game", used the relentless beats of disco denizens Grace Jones and Chic for "Summer of Sam" the following year, and employed the jazzy strains of Gangstarr and John Coltrane to color "Mo' Better Blues" (1990) "
"The music strengthens and supports the power of the images with jazz, R&B, soul and world rhythms," Mann spokeswoman Rosie Vergilio said S
Musiq, Cassandra Wilson, Bruce Hornsby and Dianne Reeves are among those slated to perform in other cities on the tour in the way he thinks of music as an integral part of his films S
"I find him completely unique in that regard
"Whether he's using Mahalia Jackson in 'Jungle Fever' or African-American spirituals in 'School Daze,' he clearly uses music to make his point," Kelley said
Lee will play host at all of the performances, which will feature Blanchard performing along with a jazz ensemble, a chamber orchestra and vocalists that will change from venue to venue Kelley, a professor at the State University of New York at Cortland who taught a course on Lee's films "He uses pop music to provide a historical perspective," he said
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, which stages the event Saturday, is the first U |