The Museum of Modern Art’s Jazz Score (April 16 – September 15), includes a broad representation of Polish films, many featuring the music of Krzysztof Komeda, among other films with music by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Modern Jazz Quartet, Thelonius Monk, Toru Takemitsu, and Wynton Marsalis; two live performances – one of them of Komeda’s music by Tomasz Stanko – and an international gallery exhibition that features Polish posters for films with jazz scores, among many other artifacts

After a celebration of music by Krzysztof Komeda through films and a concert tribute by Tomasz Stanko in May, Polanski’s Repulsion with music by Chico Hamilton and the first experimental film by Zbigniew Rybczynski, Plamuz with music by Zbigniew Namyslowski, will be screened among the more than 100 films presented in MoMA’s Jazz Score – which offers such classics as Louis Malle’s Elevator to the Gallows with music by Miles Davis and Antonioni’s Blow-Up with music by Herbie Hancock.

"The introduction of contemporary jazz to film scoring in the mid-twentieth century brought fresh forms of sophistication and innovation to world cinema. Until the 1950s, jazz had primarily been used in film as atmospheric or incidental music or during show-stopping musical numbers. In the postwar period, however, jazz was fully integrated into the onscreen drama for the first time, becoming an essential aspect of many films’ very structure and aesthetic. Jazz Score celebrates the groundbreaking collaborations between filmmakers, composers, and musicians who, by experimenting with new forms and techniques, have radically transformed both art forms – jazz and the cinema – from the 1950s to the present day". (Josh Siegel, curator of Jazz Score)