concert-film and intimate portrait of Howe Gelb
In Out of the Desert (50’), Howe Gelb tours Europe with his band Giant Sand – an eleven-member band containing a selection of top European and American musicians. It’s a concert-film but also an intimate portrait of Gelb, one that shows how improvisation and coincidence are driving forces in Gelb’s universe.
Belgian filmmaker Peter Triest hung out with Howe Gelb intensively for a while to make the film. It went into world première at the International Film Festival of Arizona.
“Out of the Desert is not to be missed. There’s intimacy, philosophy, a whole lot of glory and amazing music.” Sylvie Simmons (rock journalist for The Guardian & Rolling Stone)
Check out the concert of Howe Gelb Piano Trio afterwards!