Herbert Danska: Sweet Love, Bitter (DVD)

Label : Eform Film
Released in New York City, 1967
A film by Herbert Danska
Original Music : Mal Waldron
Performed : Charles McPherson


Here is a bonafide discovery in the Rhapsody collection, an almost unseen indie fiction film and one of the first dramatic films ever to truly capture the trials and tribulations of the black jazz musician in white America. The movie's plot is loosely based around the last few years in the life of bebop genius Charlie 'Bird' Parker.

Rhapsody DVD Films Series:

• Chester Zardis - Legendary New Orleans Musicians
• Herbert Danska: Sweet Love, Bitter
• Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story
• The Kansas City Jazz Story
• Eddie Jefferson - In Concert
• Sonny Criss / Les McCann - In Concert
• Coleman Hawkins - After Hours / Jazz Dance
• Portrait of Pee Wee Russell / Baby Laurence