Product Review

An insightful illumination of author Paul Bowles' original and lesser-known career as an avant-garde composer, Owsley Brown's Night Waltz is an elegant and soulful document of discovery. Interviewed in Morocco during the last months of his life, Bowles journeys back to his early years as a contemporary and occasional collaborator of other such iconic figures as Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and Orson Welles. Bowles' uncut compositions--performed by the Eos Orchestra--are punctuated with stunning visual essays by filmmakers Nathaniel Dorsky and Rudy Burckhardt. Long after retiring from his more well-known profession, Bowles kept music as a vital part of his life, tapping out fresh rhythms on his Tangier table tops until the end of his days.

DVD Special Features
- Rudy Burckhardt's whimsical 1936 short film "145 W. 21" featuring Paul Bowles and Aaron Copland
- Video interview with the Eos Orchestra's artistic director Jonathan Sheffer on the music of Bowles
- Bowles and Eos Orchestra web resource guides