Jazz Movies
- 2001
Chop Suey
Chop Suey4.52001HD
A homage to Bruce Weber's Favourite things, these being mixing film, photography and classic movies. With portraits of a lesbian jazz singer and a 16-...
- 2023
Music Genres. Voices of the World
Music Genres. Voices of the World102023HD
Explore the world of sounds and rhythms, the documentary film "Music Genres" invites viewers on a fascinating journey through the diversity of musical...
- 1974
Space Is the Place
Space Is the Place61974HD
Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himself "the alter-destiny", meets with inner-city youth...
- 2022
The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy02022HD
Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The N...
- 2023
Trap Jazz
Trap Jazz42023HD
Atlanta musicians behind some of the biggest names in music embark on an uncertain journey into the spotlight with a new genre of music that fuses tra...
- 1991
Dingo
Dingo5.71991HD
Young John Anderson is captivated by jazz musician, Billy Cross when he performs on the remote airstrip of his Western Australian outback hometown aft...
- 1950
Saturday Evening Puss
Saturday Evening Puss6.71950HD
Mammy steps out for the evening. While she's away, the cats - in this case Tom and three of his alley cat friends - play. Play and perform rollicking...
- 1944
Jammin' the Blues
Jammin' the Blues7.11944HD
In this short film, prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s gather for a rare filming of a jam session. This highly stylized chronicle features tenor sa...
- 1994
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool01994HD
A musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the African-American community.
- 1941
Blues in the Night
Blues in the Night6.21941HD
A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find...
- 1938
Katnip Kollege
Katnip Kollege5.61938HD
At the Katnip Kollege, we see a roomful of cats taking a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and has to sit in the d...
- 2023
Eastwood Symphonic
Eastwood Symphonic72023HD
Bassist and composer Kyle Eastwood reunites his quintet with the Orchestre National de Lyon to pay tribute to the career of his father, legendary acto...
- 2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs6.82022HD
In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His death will be...
- 1958
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues7.81958HD
Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he...
- 2009
Sleeping Songs
Sleeping Songs32009HD
Martin, a nu-jazz trumpet player with a unique style, is fighting against convention and mediocrity. He will not accept any compromise, neither in his...
- 1942
Syncopation
Syncopation6.81942HD
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
- 1975
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight41975HD
A film without a beginning or an end, Moment to Moment is a rush of curious sketches, scenes, and shots that takes on a rhythmic life of its own.
- 1968
Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages
Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages71968HD
A 1968 collaboration between jazz musician Daniel Humair and beat author William S. Burroughs that recuts and reinterprets the 1922 silent film "Haxan...
- 1941
Birth of the Blues
Birth of the Blues5.31941HD
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which...
- 2018
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story8.22018HD
A documentary about the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and its German founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. As jews they had to flee Germany...