Imagine watching “Whiplash,” but instead of just hearing its pulse-pounding jazz score through the screen, the music roars to life right before you. The crack of a snare drum, the blare of a trumpet, ...
Justin Hurwitz has never thrown a chair at the drummer in his “Whiplash in Concert” band. But the drummer does have to know the score inside and out — not just because some of the jazz solos are ...
I once saw Buddy Rich stop a show in the middle of a song to berate, in front of the stunned audience, an unfortunate trombone player, who had to endure the wrath of the perfectionist taskmaster who ...
J.K. Simmons won an Oscar for his electrifying performance in one of the 2010s' best thrillers, and the movie still holds up over a decade later.