Scorsese to take break from Aviator

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese will be taking a short break from filming his Howard Hughes story The Aviator to fly to London at the end of this month for the culmination of a long-in-the-works project.

He will oversee a televised jam session at the Abbey Road studio featuring 63 of the world’s finest blues and rock musicians, including BB King, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and The Rolling Stones.

It has taken Scorsese six years to bring the project to fruition and it will result in a documentary titled Feels Like Coming Home, he has told reporters.

“If I could have played the guitar I would never have become a filmmaker,” said Scorsese, who will return to The Aviator location in Montreal immediately after the session.

The Aviator stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Hughes, Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner and Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn.