To get an idea about the 90 minutes documentary here is the INTERNATIONAL TRAILER
Saxophonist LEE KONITZ (1927-2020) plays a key role during the 90 minutes. He also coined the title of the documentary. It is revealed at the end of the documentary and it’s to precious to tell at the moment you read this.
Together with Bro, Konitz played in a way that he had to get himself gradually. It was pure beauty from hidden deep down. There is this magic moment in the documentary in the Avatar studio when Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Thomas Morgan, Craig Taborn and Paul Motian recorded this simple beautiful song of Bro: the faces looking at each other after the last tone had faded tell a moving story. It is also a strong witness that they met in MUSIC not in a certain style. It was the gift of that young musician Bro to make that happen, to connect these musicians in MUSIC as their soul’s essential motion.
Another key role plays drummer PAUL MOTIAN (1931-2020). About MOTIAN there is also a documentary that I will post later and tell about how I connected to Jakob via Paul.
Jakob Bro preferred to play with certain key musicians of the older generation that not only brought in traces of the legendary past but also a life spirit. The first one who came in was legendary drummer JON CHRISTENSEN (1943-2020). He played mainly cymbals – and that in a truly amazing way as I could experience live several times. To see him playing together with trumpeter PALLE MIKKELBORG (1941) was unforgettable touching. Both. touched the essence with simple means.
