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NEW YORK, NY - May 24, 2006 - Jazz pianist Tammy Hall's newly released DVD Tammy Hall: Reflections will be celebrated this summer at the Globians Potsdam World and Culture Documentary Film Festival in Germany. This festival in August will serve as the European premiere screening for Tammy Hall: Reflections, a festival that focuses on films related to local cultures. The Globians Film Festival will run from August 13 through August 20, 2006.
Tammy Hall: Reflections has already previously received notable acclaim having been selected by the Summit International Awards for outstanding creative achievement in a music video, scoring among the very best among thousands of submissions from twenty-six countries. Back in the U.S., Tammy's DVD has earned four Telly Awards, honoring the finest video and film productions as well as outstanding local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs. Tammy Hall: Reflections received two bronze awards in both the categories of Entertainment and Music/Concert Video, and two silver awards (their highest honor) for Use of Special Effects and Art Direction.
This Spring, the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image in Tampa, Florida and the Mendocino Film Festival in Mendocino, California were the first to screen the film featuring Hall's jazz favorites and original compositions. Tammy Hall: Reflections has also been selected for the Ocean Film Festival in Georgia this Fall due to the ocean footage shot in Hawaii and New Caledonia included in the DVD.
Tammy Hall: Reflections was released along with Hall's first CD with a jazz quartet, "Blue Divine," on February 28, 2006. Produced by elfenworks, Tammy Hall: Reflections combines Tammy's musical artistry with sophisticated cinematography by the elfenworks team, and visual effects by editor-animator Tim Schaller. Director Lauren Speeth blends Hall's performance with dream-like imagery, inviting viewers to escape into a world of visual metaphor inspired and driven by the emotional qualities of the music. Among the original tunes are: "Pink Lightning," "Lauren's Step," and "Pour Tania," an ode to Tania Maria, a critically-acclaimed Brazilian pianist who sings along with her improvisational playing and who has inspired much of Tammy's music.
About Tammy Hall: As a jazz pianist, organist, composer and arranger, Tammy Hall is one of the most in-demand musicians in the San Francisco area. For the last 15 years, Hall has been successfully packing in local clubs and venues, thanks to a widespread reputation for her distinctive, lively performances of everything from jazz and Brazilian to salsa and classical, coupled with original tunes and renditions. For more information, visit the artist's website at www.tammyhall.com .
About elfenworks: elfenworks LLC is the executive producer of "Tammy Hall: Blue Divine" and "Tammy Hall: Reflections." An ambitious multimedia communications company, elfenworks LLC was created in 1998 to help individual artists promote themselves within the industry and to fans through websites, printed materials, recordings, and marketing / publicity campaigns. For more information about elfenworks, visit www.elfenworks.com.
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