Woody Allen the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on the soundtrack of "Sleeper". Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band have been playing each Monday evening at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan for many years specializing in New Orleans jazz from the early twentieth century. He plays songs by Sidney Bechet, George Lewis, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone and Louis Armstrong. The documentary film "Wild Man Blues" (directed by Barbara Kopple) documents a 1996 European tour by Allen and his band, as well as his relationship with Previn. The band has released two CDs: "The Bunk Project" (1993) and the soundtrack of "Wild
Woody Allen which premiered in September 2013. In 2013, Allen shot the romantic comedy "Magic in the Moonlight" in Nice, France. The film, set in the 1920s on the French Riviera. From July through August 2014, Allen filmed the mystery drama "Irrational Man" in Newport, Rhode Island, with Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey and Jamie Blackley. Allen has said that this film, as well as the next three he has planned, have the financing and full support of Sony Pictures Classics. Allen's next film, "Café Society", starred an ensemble cast, including Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, and Blake Lively. Bruce Willis was