Movies: Jazz

The film is made up of one single take. The camera pans to the left, focusing on a dilapidated fence in a rural field, as Ella Fitzgerald's "All My Life" plays on the soundtrack. At the end of the 3 minute film, the camera tilts up to the blue sky ju...

Biographical documentary on the life and career of Dexter Gordon....

A portrait of Swedish jazz singer Monica Zetterlund....

An insight into how one feels upon a late night return home....

Based in Toronto, experimental combo BadBadNotGood blends seventies soul jazz, futuristic hip-hop and electronica to create a sound as exciting as it is unique. In the early 2010s, the group made a name for itself with improbable cover versions of hi...

Steely Dan, recorded live at the National City Pavilion, in Cincinnati, OH on July 13th, 2008...

A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York....

Johan van der Keuken's first film is a uniquely beautiful portrait of Paris at dawn....

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In 2005 the French progressive rock band Magma presented a series of concerts in which they performed all of their major works of the previous 35 years. These concerts were filmed and released as a series of four DVDs....

Claudia Winkleman meets Michael Buble in this entertainment spectacular. Michael performs classic tracks including Cry Me a River and Feeling Good alongside songs from his brand new album, including Nobody but Me. Michael also goes undercover as a s...

Buster Williams Quartet featuring Patrice Rushen Live At Blue Note, Milan March 6, 2012. Buster Williams - bass Mark Gross - Sax Alto & Soprano , Patrice Rushen - Piano Lenny White – drums 1. Where's the Rainbow (Williams) 2. The Triumphant...

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World-famous jazz club Ronnie Scott’s hosts a tribute to Burt Bacharach - a songwriter, producer and pianist who us widely seen as one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century. Clive Myrie is at the show, which features brand new jazz-i...

A jazz/dance film featuring the Martha Graham Dancers....

This concert from the Jazz legend was recorded in 1973 with a very similar line-up to the later releases Dark Magus, Agharta, and Pangaea, featuring Al Foster on drums, Michael Henderson on bass, Mtume on percussion, Dave Liebman on sax, and, most im...

The perplexity of time disturbs a young woman's psyche as her wristwatch never stops ticking....

This Emmy-nominated TV special highlights rare performance footage filmed between 1968 and 1969 at various US venues and locations, including the Westbury Music Fair, The Village Gate, and RCA Studios in New York City. Also featured are candid and pe...

Senegal's Alune Wade is open to musical genres and all possible fusions. This virtuoso bassist, singer and composer has succeeded in blending genres ranging from Afrobeat to jazz. An immersive concert of sounds that seem both exotic and familiar....

Jazz vocalist Dave Lambert auditions a new group of singers at RCA Studios in 1964....