The first screening will be introduced by Jay Trachtenberg, host of “Sunday Morning Jazz” on KUTx Austin.

This double feature pairs PIANO PLAYERS RARELY EVER PLAY TOGETHER, a lively session of piano playing and talk starring legends Professor Longhair, Tuts Washington, and Allen Toussaint with JACKIE McLEAN ON MARS, in which the post-bop saxophonist imparts music and wisdom to the students in his college class.

ABOUT THIS SERIES

Documentarian and University of Texas Professor Dr. Paul Stekler has programmed a selection of documentaries pertaining to jazz and the people who make this music and live by its rhythms.