Sunnys Time Now

Retracing the longstanding career of avantgarde drummer Sunny Murray one of the most influential figures of the Free jazz revolution Through a series of interviews with key time witnesses as well as historic and contemporary concert footage it reassesses the relationship between the libertarian music movement and the political events of the 1960s whose social claims it so intimately reflected By doing so it also recounts how the most radical forms of musical expression were excluded from the major production and distribution networks as the libertarian ideal went out of fashion Beyond its historical approach the film follows Sunny Murray on current gigs showing his daily struggle to perpetuate a musical genre which is still widely ignored by the general public In doing so Sunnys time now also dwells on the nearclandestine community of aficionados who continue to worship the gods of their musical coming of age and whose unfaltering support has permitted free