Seven minutes of jazz legends making the impossible look inevitable.
At first glance, the pairing of veteran American saxophonist Archie Shepp and German pianist Joachim Kuhn seems an unlikely one. Performance at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain - May 2011.
Direction
De Bendern lets the music breathe, cameras disappear.
Sound
Shepp's sax and Kühn's piano in raw, unfiltered dialogue.
Director
Caroline de Bendern
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shepp, 74 at filming, was a Coltrane contemporary and Black Panthers supporter; Kühn came from European classical avant-garde. Their meeting represents decades of jazz's political and aesthetic evolution colliding.
The Fondation Cartier, a Parisian temple to contemporary art, rarely hosts straight jazz performances—making this filmed document almost accidental in its existence.
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