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Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra

with special guests Blueshift Ensemble & Kate Tayler Hunt, Thereminist

present an original live score to Buster Keaton's 1928 silent classic The Cameraman.

Local musician and composer Alex Greene has worked for over twelve years with the Rolling Head Orchestra, a sextet of some of Memphis' finest jazz players he first assembled in 2009. Since then, they have performed throughout the region and recorded soundtracks for film and television. In 2019-20, when Greene was the Resident Composer at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, he composed an original score for two silent films, A Trip to the Moon and Aelita: Queen of Mars, which the Rolling Head Orchestra and classical collaborators from Blueshift Ensemble performed live as the films were projected at Crosstown Theater. Special guest Kate Tayler Hunt also joined the group on the archaic electronic instrument known as the Theremin, first developed in 1920, lending uniquely eerie sounds to the soundtrack's ambience. 

Now, this July 10 at The Grove, the same group will perform all new original music to accompany Buster Keaton's The Cameraman (1928), widely considered his last masterpiece, a tour de force of comedy and cinematic inventiveness. Set to the vibrant textures of Greene's music, with echoes of classic composers ranging from Bernard Herrmann to Duke Ellington, the film will be brought to life in a way few films ever are — with an ensemble of virtuosos performing live music as the film unfolds.

Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra

with special guests Blueshift Ensemble & Kate Tayler Hunt, Thereminist

present an original live score to Buster Keaton's 1928 silent classic The Cameraman.

Local musician and composer Alex Greene has worked for over twelve years with the Rolling Head Orchestra, a sextet of some of Memphis' finest jazz players he first assembled in 2009. Since then, they have performed throughout the region and recorded soundtracks for film and television. In 2019-20, when Greene was the Resident Composer at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, he composed an original score for two silent films, A Trip to the Moon and Aelita: Queen of Mars, which the Rolling Head Orchestra and classical collaborators from Blueshift Ensemble performed live as the films were projected at Crosstown Theater. Special guest Kate Tayler Hunt also joined the group on the archaic electronic instrument known as the Theremin, first developed in 1920, lending uniquely eerie sounds to the soundtrack's ambience. 

Now, this July 10 at The Grove, the same group will perform all new original music to accompany Buster Keaton's The Cameraman (1928), widely considered his last masterpiece, a tour de force of comedy and cinematic inventiveness. Set to the vibrant textures of Greene's music, with echoes of classic composers ranging from Bernard Herrmann to Duke Ellington, the film will be brought to life in a way few films ever are — with an ensemble of virtuosos performing live music as the film unfolds.

When & Where
Jul 10, 2021, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Free


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