Imagine the Sound (1981)

"Imagine the Sound" brings together interviews and performance, the prime innovators of the once controversial free jazz movement of the 60's. The first feature documentary by Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential) is an eloquent tribute to a group of highly celebrated artists that helped forge the avant-garde jazz of the 1960's. Critic and film historian Jonathan Rosenbaum has said 'Imagine the Sound' - “may be the best documentary on free jazz that we have”. The film features articulate interviews and dramatic performances by pianists Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, tenor saxophone Archie Shepp, and trumpet player Bill Dixon.