Movies: Jazz

In 1999, on the occasion of the centenary of Ellington's birth, Franco Maresco commissioned Steve Lacy to perform ten songs by the Duke, which were recorded and filmed in Palermo. In 2024, twenty years after Lacy's death and fifty years after that of...

A live recording of a jazz concert dedicated to the memory of Karel Růžička, who was the teacher of pianist and composer Tomáš Sýkora. Together with his trio and the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sýkora will perform Růžička's famous composition "Lo...

In this short film from 1967, filmmaker Henry English attempts to place a context around saxophonist and composer Marion Brown’s flurries of notes and expression. Juxtaposed against performance footage and scenes from Brown’s environment are the musi...

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San Francisco's North Beach in the 50's - A mix of jazz, poetry and art - The Beach recreates the atmosphere that prevailed through first-hand accounts from the actual "players" along with photographs and artwork from that vibrant time....

The young American Pablo Menéndez came to Cuba to study Music at the National School of Art. Here he formed a family and became one more Cuban. Member of the Sound Experimentation Group of ICAIC and promoter of the teaching of the electric guitar in ...

Tracklist DVD: 1. Love For Sale (instr.) 2. Come Fly With Me 3. Luck Be A Lady 4. Pennies From Heaven 5. Witchcraft 6. It Had To Be You 7. The Best Is Yet To Come 8. I Concentrate On You 9. Wee (instr.) 10. The Lady Is A Tramp 11. Please B...

The Woodstock Jazz Festival, Woodstock NY, 1981 was a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Creative Music Studio. With performances by Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz, Miroslav Vitous,...

29. Leverkusener Jazztage, 01. November 2008, Germany Tracklist: - Who Needs Love - Talkin Loud - Deep Waters - N.O.T. - When the Sun Comes Down - Colibri - Step Aside - Reach Out - Nights over Egypt - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Ever...