DATE AND VENUE

5 July 2003, 18:00, Kemer Golf & Country Club

WE’RE JAZZIN’!

Bird

Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright / USA, 1988

In this jazz night to be held in a different corner of Istanbul, namely the Kemer Golf and Country Club, a jazz carnival will take place with the performances of The Original Royal Players Brass Band, DJ Style-Ist and Tim Klus. The night continues with a barbecue party and will end with the screening of a film directed by Clint Eastwood, “Bird”.

Portraying the life of the famous saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, “Bird” is a film under the moody, evocative direction of Clint Eastwood’s and Forest Whitaker’s strong, sensitive performance. Charlie Parker is one of the legendary personalities of the jazz world and the film is about his arrival to New York, his musical genius and his drug addiction.