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Mar 31, 2016 · Watch trailer. Genres: Documentary, Music. Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes. Availability: Limited + Show. In the 1950s, Australian youth culture was just starting to turn onto the American trends - while rock 'n' roll grabbed the masses, modern jazz was infiltrating the fringe.
Mar 29, 1990 · Beyond El Rocco: Directed by Kevin Lucas. With Chris Abrahams, Dale Barlow, Tony Barry, Jazz Co-Op. A documentary on Australian Jazz and improvised art music focussing on its development from the 1950s post war American influences through to the Australian sound in the 1980s-90s.
- Kevin Lucas
- Chris Abrahams, Dale Barlow, Tony Barry
‘Beyond El Rocco’ is an affectionate look at the Australian jazz scene and its evolution through the decades from the swinging 60s through to the experimentalism of the 80s. Tony Barry plays Zoot Finster, a diehard jazz fan who takes us on a personal journey which begins at the El Rocco jazz club in Sydney in the fifties.
A documentary on Australian Jazz and improvised art music focussing on its development from the 1950s post war American influences through to the...
Beyond El Rocco. 1990. Documentary | 101mins | Completed. Traces Australian modern jazz from the 1950s to the present day through the eyes of a dramatised narrator, Zoot Finster. Features extensive concert footage of Australia's premier jazz musicians, with performances by Don Burrows, Bernie McGann, Paul Grabowsky and James Morrison.
A documentary on Australian Jazz and improvised art music focussing on its development from the 1950s post war American influences through to the Australian sound in the 1980s-90s. The documentary has interviews with many important figures of the Australian Jazz movement. It is invaluable that live footage of these performers of the time has been documented and their influence on the ...
The story of the Australian modern jazz movement since the 1950s. Includes rare performance footage of Brian Brown, Stewie Peers and others, and interviews...
