The only time that Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese have ever cooperated

“Piano Blues”, like all previous films in the Scorase series, are proud of some impressive interviews. Eastwood was seen in a piano speaking to the likes of Ray Charles, Benitop Perkins, Maria Bell, Dave Brobek, and Dr. John, all of them from the role of piano in American music history. The 67 -minute movie, and all other “Blues” episodes, It can be purchased on DVD through the PBS ‘website. Or you can get the CDs of soundtrack. Current tablets again.

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Eastwood, a somewhat accomplishment musician in itself, was able to talk intelligently about music with the aforementioned myths, and undoubtedly made his famous musicians happy to participate. Eastwood, one of them, released a record in 1997 entitled “Eastwood after hours: Live At Carnegie Hall”, which included shows for dozens of many Eastwood films. He even played a little in this record.

While Eastwood was the credit manager of “Piano Blues”, his producer, Bruce Recker, was the real blues lover of the two. The idea of ​​Rikir was to make the “Blues” Eastwood segment on the piano. Recker had previously produced, with Eastwood, in 1988, “Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser”, and Recker was the one who produced “Eastwood after hours”. Unfortunately, This monk is a biography It was not made.

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After the couple worked in the “Blues” series of Scorsese, Eastwood and Ricker continued to explore this type, with the production of Eastwood or works as an executive producer in the additional Ricker projects, all of whom are biographical documentaries. He made “Budd Boeticher: a man who can do it” in 2005, “Tony Bennett: The Music Never” in 2007, and “Johnny Mercer: The Dream’s On Me” in 2009 before the reunification with Brubeck to make “Dave Brucc: in his sweet way” in 2010.

As of the writing of these lines, Eastwood is about 95 years old, and Scorsese is 82 years old. Scorase is still active while Eastwood has not officially retired (though Drama Court Hall 2024, “PVC 2”, “ He was described as his potential final movie), so it is not quite impossible to cooperate again. He will tell the time.