This film is a documentary composition of new
jazz, New York as the city that generates it, and the musicians
playing it.
The thoughts of the saxophonist Charles Gayle and the bass
players William Parker and Peter Kowald from Germany accompany
the film.
Shot on 16 mm, this film remains one of a kind until today.
Somwe of the recorded musicians have passed away - their spirits
live on. This 20th anniversary DVD release of RISING TONES
CROSS preserve some musical moments and images of Don Cherry,
Charles Tyler, Frank Wright, Denis Charles, Jeanne Lee, Wilber
Morris und Peter Kowald.
"There just hasn´t been much documentation of Bohemia
as it really is, and this film rings true on that score and
on many others."
Coda Magazine
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| Germany 1984 |
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Produced, photographed and directed
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Ebba Jahn |
| Sound |
Karola Michalic Ritter
Renate Sami |
| Editing |
Jeannette Menzel |
| Production assistance |
Kiki Smith |
| Production manager |
Udo Radek, Hans Müller |
Crew @ Sound Unity Festival
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| Sound |
Jost Gebers |
Second camera
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Brian Denitz |
Lights
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Roy Wilson |
| Location manager |
Peter Kowald |
Premiere
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20. Februar 1985
Internationales Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin |
Format
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16 mm, Farbe, 1:1.33, Stereo und Mono |
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Duration
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119 Minuten |
Supported by NRW Filmbüro 1984
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Line-Up
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PETER KOWALD QUINTET
Melting - Lines - Cycle
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| Charles
Gayle |
tenor saxophone |
Peter
Kowald
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double bass |
| Marilyn
Crispell |
piano |
| Rashied Ali |
drums |
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PETER KOWALD TRIO
Harvest Green |
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Charles
Gayle
Peter Kowald
John Betsch |
tenor saxophone
contra bass
drums |
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JOHN ZORN DUO
Sunday Afternoon at Life Café |
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John Zorn
Wayne Horvitz |
reeds
keyboards |
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BILLY BANG`S FORBIDDEN PLANET
Music For The Love Of It |
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Wayne Horvitz
Billy Bang
Oscar Sanders
Kim Clarke
Bobby Previte |
keyboards
violin
guitar
bass
drums |
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WILLIAM PARKER & PATRICIA NICHOLSON
ENSEMBLE
A Thousand Cranes Opera |
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Wayne Horvitz
Ricardo Strobert
Masahiko Kono
William Parker
Denis Charles
Lisa Sokolov
Jeanne Lee
Ellen Christi
Patricia Nicholson-Parker
Maria Mitchell
Carol Penn Muhammed
Frank Boyer
Keith Dames
A.R. Penck |
piano
alto saxophone, flute
trombone
bass
drums
voice
voice
voice
dance
dance
dance
dance
dance
stage design |
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CHARLES TYLER QUINTET
Life Can Be Whatsoever |
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Curtis Clark
Charles Tyler
Roy Campbell
jr.
Wilber Morris
John Betsch
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piano
alto saxophone
trumpet
bass
drums |
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DON CHERRY & THE SOUND UNITY
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Kangaroo Hoopie |
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Don Cherry
Peter Brötzmann
Rüdiger Carl
Daniel Carter
Ellen Christi
Felice Rosser
Peter Kowald
Wilber Morris
Denis Charles
Maria Mitchell |
conductor, piano
tenor saxophone
tenor saxophone
alto saxophone
voice
bass guitar
bass
bass
drums
dance |
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JEMEEL MOONDOC SEXTET
In Walked Monk |
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Jemeel Moondoc
Roy Campbell
jr.
Rahn Burton
Ellen Christi
William Parker
Rashied Ali |
alto saxophone
trumpet
piano
voice
bass
drums |
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IRÈNE SCHWEIZER DUO
For Julian Beck |
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Irène
Schweizer
Rüdiger Carl
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piano
tenor saxophone
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PETER BRÖTZMANN ENSEMBLE
Alarm |
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Peter
Brötzmann
David S. Ware
Frank Wright
Charles Gayle
Jemeel Moondoc
Roy Campbell
jr.
Masahiko Kono
Irène Schweizer
Peter Kowald
William Parker
Rashied Ali
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tenor saxophone
tenor saxophone
tenor saxophone
tenor saxophone
alto saxophone
trumpet
trombone
piano
bass
bass
drums
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Ebba Jahn
filmmaker, photographer, studied at Berlin´s Filmacademy
dffb.
Lives in New York und Berlin.
Films:
GESPANN s/w, 5 min. soundtrack: Carla Bley, 1979
SCHATTENNACHT fiction film, 8 min., 1981
VOM ALTEN EISEN poetic documentary, 22 min., 1980-82
NEUE HEIMAT 15 min., 1982
DURCH DEN RHEIN-HERNE-KANAL 29 min., 1983
RISING TONES CROSS 119 min., 1984
WHAT`S UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 59 min., 1992
AB DURCH DIE MITTE 29 min., 1996
Further reading:
Georg Schmidt, in: berlinaletip 1/85
Achim Forst, in: Film Fest Journal, Nr. 1
15. Internationales Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin 1985,
Blatt Nr. 7, 4 Seiten
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 22. 10.1990
Fischer Film Almanach 1985
Cinema, 1986
Jazzpodium, 03/2005
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