Embracing Dissonance A Life in Bebop (2015)

This documentary focuses on multitalented musician and composer Joel Forrester in an exploration of his diverse musical talents and influences Forrester recounts previously unknown aspects of the life of Thelonious Monk and the Jazz Baroness Pannonica Rothschild The film also explores bebops origins in the Harlem jazz club Mintons Forresters work as a composer of African American church music as an improv accompanist for silent movies and as a teacher of jazz musical forms Forresters story plays out like a jazz tune a strong theme runs through a series of improvisational changes solo riffs and ensemble resolutions to weave the fabric of a bebop life