INDEPENDENT MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
"DAVE GRUSIN: NOT ENOUGH TIME" is Directed and Produced by two award-winning jazz musicians, Barbara Bentree and John Rangel. Their signature approach is described as "Musician Made Films."
Bentree and Rangel bring a lifetime of musical experience to their work as filmmakers. The Director, Barbara Bentree, has been a Storyteller for years; producing her own films, working on network television and film productions, and writing original stage plays, books and screenplays. Co-producer John Rangel, has played the piano onstage with Dave Grusin in concert, and he has performed all over the world in some of the most prestigious jazz festivals as a pianist and composer. Rangel has also worked in the television and film industries, primarily in music production.
This duo brings a wide range of experience and passion to this film project. As Bentree says, "I have been a fan of Dave Grusin for 40 years and yet I am surprised by new information about Dave on a daily basis."
The motivation of these producers for bringing Dave Grusin's story to the film format is clear. "We want to change the face of documentaries about musicians...especially jazz musicians. Dave Grusin is one of the most hardworking and accomplished musicians of the past century. A film tribute to his incredible body of work and a documentation of Grusin's massive contribution to the film and music industries is way overdue."
