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This track perfectly captures the energy and magic of NYC as depicted in “I Called Him Morgan”. The best jazz doc of all time IMO

Mauricio Kagels ”1898” är en av mina favoritskivor vad gäller musik med ovanliga instrument. m.youtube.com/watch?v=zzNe...

One of my favorite Lee Morgan albums is Indeed, his debut as a leader on Blue Note. I wanted to use opening track ”Roccus” in my doc I Called Him Morgan. For unknown reasons composer Horace Silver said no. Instead I chose Gaza Strip from this album. Not because of its title, but the exuberant feel.

Woke up and had received a text message from Reggie Workman (the master bass player) re: Owen Marshall and Reggie’s memories of him from Philly in the 1950s.

Minns att Ocean of sound var en stor läsupplevelse 1996 eller 1997. Sättet den satte ihop en alternativ musikhistoria utanför det gängse genretänket (på ett egentligen ganska naturligt vis från en musikfanatikers lyssnarperspektiv) kändes både stöttande och befriande då. Vill läsa om.

I’d love to see that too. And the good thing is that I think it is about to happen.

Thank you for being generous, Patrick.

RIP Sven-Åke Johansson, drum legend from Mariestad, Sweden. Thank you for the music. He participated on classic albums such as Brötzmann’s Machine Gun and For Adolpe Sax, my favourite with him (I do love solo drumming albums) is Schlingerland / Dynamische Schwingungen (FMP/SÅJ 1972).

I’m really looking forward to this.

Glad and proud to be part of documentary series A Century In Sound (about Japanese listening cafes) as a producer. UK premier next week at Sheffield DocFest (June 19). variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Can never get enough of the life affirming ”You Ain’t Gonna Know me ’Cos You Think You Know Me” (track 2 on side 1). ❤️ RIP and thank you for the music Louis Moholo m.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlP...

Glad och stolt att vara en av producenterna till A Century In Sound som har brittisk premiär på Sheffield DocFest nästa vecka. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

UK premiere next week at Sheffield DocFest (June 19) for documentary series A Century In Sound that I have been helping to produce. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Sly and the Family Stone was one of the very best groups in the history of music. RIP and thank you for the music, Sly. ❤️

#OtD 31 May 1921 the Tulsa racist massacre took place leaving 300 dead and 10k homeless after a fake allegation of a Black boy attacking a white woman was used to stir up white supremacist violence. Racists destroyed a whole area dubbed Black Wall St. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...

Favourite album cover. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble / Live From Stockholm (Silkheart, 1987)

Tonight in my hometown Göteborg - Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. An extraordinary group, led by percussionist Kahil El’Zabar from Chicago. Thank you Clandestino. clandestinofestival.org/2025/kahil-e...

Den här lilla rackaren var anledningen till uggleattacken häromdagen. Den bor i en grov ek på tomten. Mamman vaktar i granarna en bit bakom. Det var hon som attackerade mig. Får helt enkelt vänta tills ungen är flygg och flyttar ut innan jag kan röra mig fritt på hela tomten igen.

Blev attackerad av en kattuggla på min tomt nu på fm. Den flög som en projektil mot mitt huvud. Kastade mig på marken och den missade. Den markerar revir sen några dagar med varningsläten så fort man närmar sig en viss del av tomten. Ok med varningsläte, attacker kämpigare. Vad göra? 🦉

SR Kulturnytt ringde och intervjuade mig om nya regler i Oscarsjuryn. Den nya regeln gäller alltså de nominerade filmerna, dvs 5 - 9 st i de olika kategorierna.

#RIP Michael Hurley. This song has beguiled me for years. Like all of Hurley’s best compositions, it’s like a spell or a riddle conjured from the other side of the looking glass. youtu.be/U9jbiKNVX9I?...

RIP Val Kilmer. His Swedish grandmother Hilma was the sister of my father’s grandfather Alfred, both born in Ingelstorp, a small village outside Ystad, Sweden.

my god

Hope it will be documented. Would love to listen to this. (I once sat next to Bertrand Tavernier on a train from Saint-Malo to Paris. He told me it was Dexter’s way of walking that was the decisive reason he chose him to play Dale in 'Round Midnight.)

Some more info about Galerie. futureparty.com/wes-anderson...

Today I participated in my first online Q&A session. Thank you streaming platform Galerie & the persons asking questions. A challenge, but fun, to try remember details about the Lee & Helen Morgan doc when deep into new film projects. Galerie’s sessions will be archived & can be accessed later on.

Some more info about Galerie. futureparty.com/wes-anderson...

Today I participated in my first online Q&A session. Thank you streaming platform Galerie & the persons asking questions. A challenge, but fun, to try remember details about the Lee & Helen Morgan doc when deep into new film projects. Galerie’s sessions will be archived & can be accessed later on.

Oscar winner Bryan Fogel (Icarus) selected my doc I Called Him Morgan as one of his 10 favorite films for film club Galerie. Tomorrow I participate in an online Q&A abt the 7 yrs making of it. www.galerie.com/watch-party/... 🎟 Promo Code: FILMCLUB (First month free + 50% off the next three months)

One of the best films of 2024 (and 2023).

Fingers crossed. Long overdue.

On this day 20 years ago my feature documentary My Name Is Albert Ayler premiered at Göteborg International Film Festival. If all goes well a restored and properly upscaled version will be rereleased later this year.

One of my favorite books about 1960s New York art, jazz and avantgarde jazz scene. Hettie Jones was Leroi Jones’ wife until he decided he couldn’t have a non-black wife anymore and became Amiri Baraka. Glad to see this posted by @helenbarrett.bsky.social in relation to the new Dylan biopic.

Lyckat längre zoom-möte med amerikansk holllywoodstjärna hemma i Majorna igår. Känslan är att det här filmprojektet utvecklas åt rätt håll. Unnat mig en extra lång promenad idag.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Alla borde ägna en dag per år åt att se Shoah, Claude Lanzmanns 9 timmar långa dokumentära mästerverk om förintelsen. Idag på förintelsens minnesdag hade varit ett bra tillfälle, men filmen finns inte tillgänglig att se på en enda svensk streamingtjänst. Hur är det möjligt?

Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik

This is true. It is a magical little book.

Glöm inte att räkna vinterfåglar 24e-27e januari vinterfaglar.se

Angående kulturministern och att ”intäkterna ska gå till upphovspersonerna, inte till kriminella”:

I really enjoyed SLY LIVES! www.vulture.com/article/sly-...

Roligt möte med Ronny Svensson i morse och han bjöd på en god semla. Fick sen en biljett av en snäll filmproducent till invigningen av Göteborgs Filmfestival. På vägen hem hittade jag en bok på Majornas bibliotek som jag längtat efter att läsa och blir att jag stannar hemma med den ikväll istället.

Real proud to have worked with Bradford Young on I Called Him Morgan. Such a genius. Real sad stat this though. Jomo Fray’s extraordinary cinematography work on Nickel Boys should have been Oscar nominated yesterday.

Wow

Great text on one of my all-time favorite albums. I once had a long phone conversation with Annette Peacock (2002 I think) when making my Albert Ayler documentary, talking about when she followed Gary Peacock, Don Cherry and Sunny Murray on Albert’s 1964 European tour.

No Academy Awards nomination to Hard Truths. If it is one film the world needs right now, this is the one.

Mycket glädjande att en dokumentär med svensk producent Oscarsnominerades idag! Black Box Diaries är en riktigt stark film. Nu både Oscars- och BAFTA-nominerad. Stort.

Stark essä här av Sara Abdollahi. Alla borde läsa Reznikoffs Förintelsen. Och det talas för lite om Erik Beckman, glad att påminnas här. Och det är skrämmande att Adorno känns så aktuell nu.

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to block the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship. An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.