Wayne Shorter Zero Gravity documentary

[cliffpeterson]

Now available on Amazon Prime:

 

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Wayne-Shorter-Zero-Gravity/0T6Z2FYFQQ4Y88X9N9X75R38CH

[mjzee]

There's a review in today's Wall St Journal.

[mjazzg]

Just watched the first "portal". Interesting enough, a lot of Wayne talking which is good. Usual talking head format alongside still photos, cleverly intercut in places and, the increasingly present in these docs, animation.

Really nice clip of older Blakey and Wayne

[mjazzg]

Second episode has excellent coverage of Weather Report and some of the tensions therein. Also, covers the personal tragedies in Wayne's life up to the air crash. Again, lots of Wayne speaking, movingly when discussing his daughter and wife 

[sidewinder]

Is this free on Prime?

[gmonahan]

4 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Is this free on Prime?

Yes.

 

[relyles]

I watched all three episodes Friday night and enjoyed. It did not necessarily reveal much that I did not already know, but I appreciate how the story was told.

[Joe]

1 episode in. Impressed so far inasmuch as it's mostly Wayne telling Wayne's story. I am waiting for more discussion of Alan. Pleasantly surprised to see board member Jason Bivins as a featured commentator.

Edited August 28, 2023 by Joe

[clifford_thornton]

Cool. I'm interested to watch this as well.

[sidewinder]

Enjoying the first episode so far. It seems to follow the text of the Michelle Mercer book in general and indeed, Michelle is interviewed quite a bit. Alan Shorter crops up on the childhood animation scenes.

There are scenes of Wayne with string orchestra - I wonder if this was from the performance I saw at The Barbican, London, circa 2017? Wayne’s outfit looks the same as the one that evening and the orchestra looks to be similar to my recollection.

Edited August 28, 2023 by sidewinder

[mjzee]

I wonder if this is the same company that did the Blue Note documentary "It Must Schwing."  That also had animated sequences with voice-overs; they were very well done.

[bertrand]

I had contributed to the campaign many years ago and my understanding was that there would be a DVD. I am sure that was abandoned. Is that a violation of the kickstarter/gofundme?

I don't have a prime account. I know there is a 30-day free trial but with everything going on in my life right now, I am not ready to start a trial and be mindful of the 30-day deadline. I am not sure when I will have time to watch it. I only contributed under the assumption I was paying for a DVD.

Edited August 29, 2023 by bertrand

[JSngry]

Please give me a gig proofreading the closed captioning of something, anything.

Chip Korea? 

[Michael Weiss]

6 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Please give me a gig proofreading the closed captioning of something, anything.

Chip Korea? 

There were a lot of those. What the hell?

[mjazzg]

On 8/28/2023 at 8:19 PM, sidewinder said:

Enjoying the first episode so far. It seems to follow the text of the Michelle Mercer book in general and indeed, Michelle is interviewed quite a bit. Alan Shorter crops up on the childhood animation scenes.

There are scenes of Wayne with string orchestra - I wonder if this was from the performance I saw at The Barbican, London, circa 2017? Wayne’s outfit looks the same as the one that evening and the orchestra looks to be similar to my recollection.

In the final episode that concert has a credit for a BBC orchestra so I suspect it has to be that one. I don't recall the stage being so bright though

[JSngry]

I keep my CC on for everything, and it's everywhere, these inexcusable fuckups.

I bet it's all AI by now, but even at that, proofreading is very much needed.

But apart from that, I'm enjoying the show! 

[JSngry]

Watched it all in one day (today) and feel rewarded by having so done. 

[felser]

6 hours ago, JSngry said:

Please give me a gig proofreading the closed captioning of something, anything.

Chip Korea? 

Marginal NBA guard Nick Stauskas had his name transfigured on CC to "Sauce Castillo".  He ran with that and even had a hot sauce created and marketed in his honor.

 

 

 

Edited August 30, 2023 by felser

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I finished watching this today and it was very well done. I chuckled quite a few times with the "descriptions" of a lot of the people they interviewed. Like "Dave Holland - Miles Davis bassist 1969-1970".