ENC: Jazz: The Only Way of Life

The Bioscope is proud to welcome back The Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival.

Tickets R55

Jazz: The Only Way of Life (2017)

Directed by: Jacques Matthey 

73min

Matthey, a former collaborator of the Montreux Jazz Festival and co-founder of the Auvernier Jazz Festival, traces the story behind the unlikely friendship between a genius trumpeter and a jazz-crazed Swiss engineer. Through interviews and with access to an extraordinary film archive – mostly unseen to date – and musical excerpts, a fascinating portrait of the unassuming Jacques Muyal emerges.

This multi-linguist who, though he had his own jazz radio show at age 14 but never played an nstrument, was an ardent supporter and life-long friend to many a jazz icon, most notably Dizzy Gillepsie. As

Matthey says: ‘Muyal is not only an important witness in the history of jazz, he has also contributed in various roles to writing this story.’ As does Matthey in creating this film.