导演 Director: Antoine Prum
出品方 Production: NI-VU-NI-CONNU
时长 Length: 128分 128min
年份 Year: 2014
语言 Language: 英语 English
字幕 Subtitles: 无 None

在拍摄了《Sunny’s Time Now》这部聚焦于美国传奇自由爵士鼓手Sunny Murray的权威纪录片之后，卢森堡电影人Antoine Prum将眼光转向了英国自由即兴音乐，拍摄了一部新的音乐纪录片《Taking the Dog for a Walk》。该片取材于柏林一个为期三天的音乐节，该音乐节同时也是为此片的拍摄而成形举办。《Taking the Dog for a Walk》聚焦于英国横跨几代的自由即兴乐手，回溯即兴音乐在60年代的发源、释放，以及其近年来由新兴天赋乐手以及充满活力的场馆带来微小的人气回温。

After Sunny’s Time Now, his authoritative portrait of the American Free jazz drumming legend Sunny Murray, Luxembourg filmmaker Antoine Prum turns his attention to the British Free Improvised Music scene in this new feature-length music documentary. Branching out from a three-day festival in Berlin conceived and organised for the purpose of the film, Taking the Dog for a Walk maps the scene of British Improvisers, past and present, retracing the road that led from its emergence and emancipation in the 1960s to the recent (albeit small) surge in popularity as talented new players and dynamic venues are coming to the fore.

Hamid Drake – 鼓 Drums / 打击乐 Percussion / 框鼓 Frame Drum / 人声 Vocals
Pat Thomas – 钢琴 Piano

Hamid Drake，美国爵⼠⿎⼿和打击乐⼿，被⼴泛认可为爵⼠乐和前卫、即兴⾳乐中最好的打击乐手之一。Hamid Drake的打击乐演奏是“神秘”的，在其丰富的演奏经历中，涉足⾃由爵士、摇滚、R&B（节奏布鲁斯）、雷⻤、放克和世界音乐，熟悉北非、⻄非、印度、加勒⽐和拉丁打击乐的繁复技巧，被称为“一个人的打击乐团”。

Pat Thomas，英国爵士钢琴家，8岁就开始弹钢琴。某次在电视上看到加拿大传奇爵士钢琴家Oscar Peterson的演奏后，他决定投身于爵士。九十年代，英国即兴吉他手Derek Bailey曾邀他一同演出，并从1992年起，其成为英国自由爵士鼓手Tony Oxley四重奏的成员之一。此外，他与Evan Parker、Oliver Lake、Han Bennink、John Butcher、William Parker和John Russell等自由爵士名人都有过合作。

Hamid Drake is an American drummer and percussionist widely regarded as one of the best percussionists of jazz, avant-garde and improvisation music. Known as “one-man percussion band”, Drake’s playing is “mysterious”- he touches numerous music styles, such as free jazz, rock, R&B, reggae, funk and world music, and he knows the sophisticated percussion skills of North Africa, West Africa, India, Caribbean and Latin area very well.

Pat Thomas is an English jazz pianist who began playing the piano since the age of 8. Thomas was inspired to take up jazz after seeing legendary pianist Oscar Peterson’s performance on television. In 1990s, Derek Bailey invited him to perform together and since 1992, Thomas has become a member of Tony Oxley Quartet. He has collaborated with Evan Parker, Oliver Lake, Han Bennink, John Butcher, William Parker and John Russell and so on.