Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

A jazzy film in which the spectator is forced to look with the ears and listen with the eyes. An abstract film drawn directly on the computer.

29. Leverkusener Jazztage, 01. November 2008, Germany Tracklist: - Who Needs Love - Talkin Loud - Deep Waters - N.O.T. - When the Sun Comes...

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label...

Dizzy Gillespie is one of the major figures of the 20th Century's music scene. Everything was once said or written about this genius musician,...

Two musical stars from the golden age of Hollywood get a second chance at rekindling their love in the modern world.

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

A 1975 documentary on the great Blues pianist Earl Hines, one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a new direction in music appeared in America. Although the word "jazz" came into use only in 1913, this music,...

Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway...

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make...

Passing the Torch documents a ninety year old Jazz master, Jimmy Heath, mentoring teenage musicians with a thirst for knowledge and an appreciation...