Country : United States Label : Young Turks Genres and styles : African Jazz / Bossa Nova / Contemporary Jazz / Modern Jazz / Soul Jazz Year : 2020

Becoming – Music from the Netflix Original Documentary

· by Alain Brunet

In the spring of 2019, the Obamas entered into a multi-year agreement with Netflix for the provision of original content. Dedicated to Michelle Obama’s trajectory, Becoming is the first documentary resulting from this agreement. Californian tenorman Kamasi Washington composed the soundtrack for this film, directed by Nadia Hallgren for Higher Ground Productions. For the umpteenth time, Washington draws his inspiration from the ’60s: big-band jazz by John Coltrane and Abdullah Ibrahim, as well as Pharoah Sanders, Tom Jobim and Joao Gilberto’s orchestral bossa nova, and Motown-style soul/R&B. Having regained its cool factor after decades with its reintroduction into the hip hop and electro (Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus, etc.), this spread of influences proves terribly effective over the 15 instrumental tracks that serve as a backdrop for this ode to the glory of the former First Lady of the United States, a source of motivation for young women of American diversity. Since it’s intended for more than a hundred million television viewers, this film, with its arch-conformist scenario, had to necessarily be supported by agreeable music, in this case an African-American classicism that’s nevertheless refined and perfectly mastered. No surprises to be found? Who would be surprised?

Latest 360 Content

Transforming Hiroshima mon amour into contemporary opera: Christian Lapointe and Rosa Lind tell the story

Transforming Hiroshima mon amour into contemporary opera: Christian Lapointe and Rosa Lind tell the story

Sparks – MAD!

Sparks – MAD!

“Hiroshima, mon amour”: An Evening to Remember

“Hiroshima, mon amour”: An Evening to Remember

Peter Murphy – Silver Shade

Peter Murphy – Silver Shade

Ken Pomeroy – Cruel World

Ken Pomeroy – Cruel World

Art of the Line: Klangkarussell’s Euro Vision at SAT

Art of the Line: Klangkarussell’s Euro Vision at SAT

Festival des Saveurs | Closing With Reggae

Festival des Saveurs | Closing With Reggae

Centroamérica – a powerful docu-play about truth and connection in an age of distance and denial

Centroamérica – a powerful docu-play about truth and connection in an age of distance and denial

Lido Pimienta – La Belleza

Lido Pimienta – La Belleza

Tamir Barzilay – Phosphene Journal

Tamir Barzilay – Phosphene Journal

The best ‘’Candlelight concert‘’ ever.

The best ‘’Candlelight concert‘’ ever.

Men I Trust – Equus Caballus

Men I Trust – Equus Caballus

The Halluci Nation – Path of the Baby Face

The Halluci Nation – Path of the Baby Face

A lap steel guitar choir and an angel to end the Innovations en concert 24-25 season

A lap steel guitar choir and an angel to end the Innovations en concert 24-25 season

The OSM and Abel Selaocoe: Evenings When You’d Like to Stop Time

The OSM and Abel Selaocoe: Evenings When You’d Like to Stop Time

Reaching for the sky: Francis Choinière’s challenge to end his OPCM’s 10th season

Reaching for the sky: Francis Choinière’s challenge to end his OPCM’s 10th season

Piknic 3: A Little Bit of Everything Under the Sun

Piknic 3: A Little Bit of Everything Under the Sun

Cazzu – Latinaje

Cazzu – Latinaje

Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film

Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film

SMCQ | In memoriam Jocelyn Morlock

SMCQ | In memoriam Jocelyn Morlock

Abbey Road at Festival Classica

Abbey Road at Festival Classica

Mira Choquette – Hier encore

Mira Choquette – Hier encore

Jared Dunn; Anna Gorecka – Gorecki’s World of the Piano

Jared Dunn; Anna Gorecka – Gorecki’s World of the Piano

Subscribe to our newsletter