He wasn’t aware of Shirley before “Green Book” and told me, “Don Shirley’s music is a joy to listen to. It’s not jazz, and his approach is clearly influenced through classical training.

“Green Book” viewers who are not totally versed in the ways of ’50s and ’60s jazz may come away from the heavily Oscar-nominated movie wondering just how well known and respected the film ...

There are three pianists involved in making the music of the Oscar-nominated film Green Book. The first is Don Shirley, who was popular in the 1950s and 60s, both in person and on vinyl. The ...

The movie follows the story of jazz composer and musician Don Shirley, played by Mahershala Ali, as he tours around the American Deep South in the Jim Crow era.

Green Book: A Serious Comedy and Jazz Allegory article by Victor L ... Thus, the movie's divergent intentions are at odds with each other from beginning to end. Yet it turns out to ... microcosm the ...

Here are five fun things to do this week, including the Theatre Conspiracy immigration drama "Sanctuary City" and jazz bassist Chuck Bergeron.

Before Mahershala Ali read the script for 'Green Book,' he had never heard of Don Shirley, the classical/jazz pianist he portrays in the film. But now, a part of Shirley lives within him.

'Green Book' turns the '60s true story of two men, music, race and class into the feel-good movie of 2018, says Peter Travers. Our review.

It was well after dark on a Saturday night in January 1963 when the Don Shirley Trio took the stage in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The program of show tunes, jazz and classical music, the local paper ...

The homework that film composer and music mentor Kris Bowers had to do before taking on his latest assignment speaks volumes about the unique niche in contemporary American music that pianist Don ...

Our Sources. The Green Book, Movie, November 2018. Universal Pictures Awards, Green Book Screenplay, 2018 Interview with Josef Astor, documentarian and friend of Shirley, Jan. 29, 2019 ...

Watch a clip from the movie "Green Book," starring Viggo Mortensen, and Mahershala Ali. Photo: Universal Pictures Real life provided the inspiration for the story, which intriguingly reverses the ...