News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Wes Craven has died. The director has been credited for reinventing horror several times. But he was mainstream horror – from ‘Nightmare On Elm Street‘ and ‘Scream‘. BBC has an obit. We can’t find any record of Allen and Craven […]
Woody Allen And Band Adds Monte Carlo Date December 2014
Last week, Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band announced a concert date in Spain. That concert visit is now turning into a tour, with a second date added – in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The performance will take place at Opéra Garnier in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. It will be on the 29th December […]
Sep News Bits 1: Joan Rivers, Lucy Punch, Emily Mortimer, Jeff Goldblum, Lynn Shelton, Patrick Bruel, Riverside Drive and More
News bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. As you’ve no doubt heard, Joan Rivers has passed away. She was a fantastic comedienne and we will miss her. Rivers was a contemporary of the 60s stand up scene where Woody Allen also got her start. She wrote about […]
Elaine Stritch 1925-2014
The wonderful Elaine Stritch has passed away. The glamorous star of stage and screen died in her home in Michigan. She has had so many memorable roles, especially onstage. She is the definitive performer of works by Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Noel Coward and many, many more. In recent years, she played Alec Baldwin (Alice, […]
Apr News Bits 2: Diane Keaton, Chris Messina, Alan Cumming, Richard E Grant, Star Wars And More
News bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Diane Keaton is out promoting her new book ‘Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty’, just released yesterday. It’s a memoir focussed on “beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks”. Of course, she’s being asked […]
VOTW: Woody Allen And His Jazz Band Perform Aunt Hagar Blues, Jokes Around
We don’t usually post Woody Allen’s Jazz endeavours in our videos of the week, mainly because he does it every single week! His Monday night residency with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band at the Carlyle in New York City continues as strong as ever. But just before Christmas, Allen and the band visited […]
Woody Allen Jazz Band To Continue NYC Residency In 2014
At age 78, Woody Allen’s showing no signs of slowing down. Along with his films and writings, Allen’s been a fixture of the New York Jazz scene, appearing almost every Monday night at the Cafe Carlyle with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. That residency is set to continue into 2014. The Cafe Carlyle […]
Woody Allen And New Orleans Jazz Band To Perform in LA, December
Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band have settled back into their Monday night residency at the Carlyle in New York. Having already taken the show for two very special performances in France, the band have added more non New York dates to their schedule – including a one-off show in LA this December. […]
New Recording And Videos From Woody Allen Jazz Band In France
Woody Allen performed two concerts this summer in France with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band this summer, taking their regular Monday night New York show across the pond. The two concerts, one in Lyon, one in Antibes, were held in the middle of Allen making his 2014 film. Now the band have posted […]
Woody Allen’s Jazz Band To Play France, Returns To Carlyle September 2013
We had a short twitter chat with Jerry Zigmont, trombone player for The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band – the long standing musical group that Woody Allen has been performing with for decades. He revealed to us more about the schedule of Woody Allen’s music schedule for 2013. After 6 straight months of shows, […]
Woody Allen’s Jazz Band Returns To The Carlyle Hotel For 2013
UPDATED 2013 Details here – Performance News Woody Allen & the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band returns to their regular Monday night residency at the Carlyle Hotel in New York, according to the website of Jerry Zigmont. Zigmont is the trombonist in the band, and one of the more visible members of Woody Allen’s […]