Roving Picture Shows and Island Jazz: Toronto Jazz and A Cat in a Bag

From August 2–10, Roving Picture Shows presents Jazz on Films, a themed series of documentaries and fiction films that explore jazz—either because a jazz musician made the soundtrack, appears in the film, or is the subject of a documentary.

The series opens at City Cinema on August 2 at 7 pm with Round Midnight. The following evening, August 3 at 7:30 pm, The Fabulous Dorseys screens at York Point Community Centre. On August 4, Kansas City will be shown (time and location tbd). The series continues at York Point Community Centre on August 5 at 7:30 pm with The Connection (1961), and then at Beaconsfield Carriage House on August 6 at 8 pm with Let’s Get Lost. Returning to York Point Community Centre, Jazz on a Summer’s Day will screen on August 8 at 7:30 pm, followed by National Film Board jazz films (Toronto Jazz and A Cat in a Bag) on August 9, also at 7:30 pm. The series wraps up at Milton Hall on August 10 at 2:30 pm with Chicago (1927), featuring live musical accompaniment by Island Jazz, with Dan Rowswell and Chris Martell.

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