Brussels Jazz Orchestra – „Sweetheart & the Daredevil” A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

In the course of the history of the Brussels Jazz Orchestra, founded by saxophonist-composer Frank Vaganée in 1993, the ensemble has not only conquered concert halls but the world of silent film, too. As a part of their project ‘BJO vs. Big White Screen’ launched in 2011, they wrote or commissioned music for several silent movies after recording the music for the Oscar winning hit The Artist as partners of the Brussels Philharmonic. In their latest project for autumn 2014, they are touring with two silent films from 1920 and one 1919 movie, to which Loder Mertens, Florian Ross and Dieter Limbourg are composing accompanying music. Legendary actress Mary Pickford, known at the time as America’s Sweetheart, played the title role in Pollyanna, while the lead role in the other two films was king of ‘daredevil comedy’ and chief rival to Chaplin and Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd. This is a compulsory programme for devotees of big band music and silent movies.