Bruce Ricker (October 10, 1942 – May 13, 2011) was a jazz and blues documentarian. He is best known for his collaboration with Clint Eastwood on films about jazz and blues legends.
His first film was the critically acclaimed The Last of the Blue Devils, a 1979 feature-length documentary about Kansas City jazz during its heyday in the 1930s and 1940s.[2]
Ricker developed the idea for the Eastwood-directed "Piano Blues" segment of The Blues, the seven-part 2003 series executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
Eastwood served as a producer or executive producer on documentaries Ricker made for television: Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005), Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007), Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009) and Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way (2010).
^McLellan, Dennis (May 26, 2011). . The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013.
^Margalit Fox (May 18, 2011). "Bruce Ricker, Who Made Jazz Documentaries, Is Dead at 68". The New York Times.
^McLellan, Dennis (May 24, 2011). "Bruce Ricker dies at 68; jazz and blues documentarian". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
January 01, 1970
bruce, ricker, october, 1942, 2011, jazz, blues, documentarian, best, known, collaboration, with, clint, eastwood, films, about, jazz, blues, legends, bornoctober, 1942staten, island, yorkdiedmay, 2011, 2011, aged, nationalityamericanoccupationfilmmakerlife, c. Bruce Ricker October 10 1942 May 13 2011 was a jazz and blues documentarian He is best known for his collaboration with Clint Eastwood on films about jazz and blues legends Bruce RickerBornOctober 10 1942Staten Island New YorkDiedMay 13 2011 2011 05 13 aged 68 NationalityAmericanOccupationfilmmakerLife and career editRicker was born on Staten Island Ricker was educated at the City College of New York where he earned a bachelor s degree in American Studies He earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1970 1 His first film was the critically acclaimed The Last of the Blue Devils a 1979 feature length documentary about Kansas City jazz during its heyday in the 1930s and 1940s 2 Eastwood was the executive producer for Thelonious Monk Straight No Chaser a 1988 documentary produced by Ricker and Charlotte Zwerin who also directed Ricker developed the idea for the Eastwood directed Piano Blues segment of The Blues the seven part 2003 series executive produced by Martin Scorsese Eastwood served as a producer or executive producer on documentaries Ricker made for television Budd Boetticher A Man Can Do That 2005 Tony Bennett The Music Never Ends 2007 Johnny Mercer The Dream s on Me 2009 and Dave Brubeck In His Own Sweet Way 2010 Ricker also directed and produced the 1997 TV documentary Eastwood After Hours Live at Carnegie Hall and Clint Eastwood Out of the Shadows a documentary that aired on PBS American Masters series in 2000 3 He died in 2011 at the age of 68 in Cambridge Massachusetts References edit McLellan Dennis May 26 2011 Obituaries The Washington Post Archived from the original on October 21 2013 Margalit Fox May 18 2011 Bruce Ricker Who Made Jazz Documentaries Is Dead at 68 The New York Times McLellan Dennis May 24 2011 Bruce Ricker dies at 68 jazz and blues documentarian Los Angeles Times Retrieved May 25 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bruce Ricker amp oldid 1144891604, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
