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Woody Allen’s jazz band is hitting the road this September. It’s their first ever performances since the COVID pandemic hit. Tour dates have already been announced for Spain, Portugal others. Now new dates have been announced for Paris and Rome. 16 September 2023 – Rome The Rome date is part of the Villa Ada Festival. […]
Woody Allen’s finally getting the band back together. The band, like the world, stopped their engagements with COVID, but they have now announced their first series of dates since the pandemic. Their return begins with a run of shows in Europe. The dates announced so far are in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. 6&7 September […]
Some big news today for Woody Allen. Woody Allen’s Jazz Band has announced their first gig since the pandemic started over two years ago. And the show coincides with reports of a new film starting production at the same time. The Woody Allen New Orleans Jazz Band has been announced as part of Iconica Festival […]
Woody Allen is finishing post production on his new film, called Rifkin’s Festival. And we now have one more piece of the puzzle – who is supplying the music. Academy Award nominated Stéphane Wrembel is returning to work with Allen for the third time. Wrembel announced that he was back on Facebook. According to his […]
Eddy Davis has passed away. Since the 80s, he has been the leader of Woody Allen’s jazz band, and a prominent musician in his own right. He played on Monday nights, leading the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, for decades with Allen. He toured the world, with and without Allen, and was known as […]
Woody Allen’s regular jazz residency continues in 2020. Allen has been performing most Monday nights at the Café Carlyle since 1997, and at Michael’s Pub before that, since 1971. He will be playing with, as usual, the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. The latest block of dates runs January 2020 until June 2020. There […]
Woody Allen is returning to Europe. The prestigious Milan Opera House La Scala have announced their 2018/2019 season, and Woody Allen’s production of Gianni Schicchi has been announced as part of the programme. It will be the first time that Allen’s version of the comic opera has played in Italy. Gianni Schicchi is an opera […]
Our latest video in our 10 Things series looks at one of Allen’s more acclaimed but lesser seen works – Sweet And Lowdown. We dig into just some of the trivia around the film. Including Woody’s last big TV appearance The script’s 30 year journey Again, the Frederico Fellini influence Of course, Django Reinhardt The […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – an irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Woody Allen is so reliant on American jazz in his films, when he moves away from it, it always feels like a big change. But in the late 80s, Allen was desperate for change, […]
As we wrap 2017, we look to 2018 and things ahead. And reliably, Woody Allen and his jazz band will be continuing their residency in New York in January. You can catch Woody Allen with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band most Mondays at the Cafe Carlyle. The new season runs from 15th January […]
Oddly enough, there is no soundtrack for Wonder Wheel, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. Here is our guide to the songs heard in the film. Most prominent is the song that serves as the theme of the film – Coney Island Washboard by The Mills Brothers. It was released in 1932, […]
Just like the clockwork of a watch your grandfather, on his death bed, sold to you, Woody Allen is returning to his usual jazz gig in New York City. Playing with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, Allen will be back at the Carlyle Hotel from September, every Monday. The first show back will […]
Woody Allen is on tour in Europe with his band, the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. He just played one of the most prestigious venues on the planet – London’s Royal Albert Hall. Allen had played the venue a decade earlier, the last time he was in London for music. Lots of posts on […]
Woody Allen is set to go on a rare European tour next month. Allen has been playing jazz in New York for decades, and these shows will also feature his regular band – The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. To promote the shows, Allen spoke to the legendary Steve Wright on his BBC2 radio […]
Woody Allen is going on tour! With him is the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, Allen’s regular compatriots when he performs at the Cafe Carlyle on most Mondays in New York. Those Monday night jazz concerts have been part of the fabric of New York since the 70s. Allen famously skipped out on the […]
Woody Allen is going on tour. He is taking his jazz band on tour this summer in Europe. Following announcements for shows in Spain and London, we now have the first German show. The band will be playing Elbphilharmonie – Großer Saal in Hamburg on 11th July 2017. More details on tickets here Even cooler […]
Hot on the heels of the announcement that Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band will be playing in Spain, another date has been announced for London. It is at none other than the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Allen and band play on 2nd July. It’s several days before Spain and we are hearing […]
It has been extremely and unusually quiet on the film news front. As we pass into May, we finally have some news about Allen’s year. He is playing a jazz show in Spain. Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, his usual band, will travel to Spain to play the Cap Roig Festival […]
For decades, Woody Allen has been a fixture of of New York, not just in films but I. The music scene. Most Mondays since the 70s, Allen has been playing Jazz in New York, and for the last 11 years his home has been the Carlyle Café in New York. That long lasting residency is […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – an irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. When Allen makes films in continental Europe, they are unapologetic tourist perfect postcards. It’s about visiting Americans in foreign place, and the cities are shown at their most romantic and beautiful – if not […]