Jazz Movies
- 2023
They Shot the Piano Player
They Shot the Piano Player6.72023HD
New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian...
- 1956
The Benny Goodman Story
The Benny Goodman Story6.3211956HD
Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny...
- 1962
All Night Long
All Night Long6.691962HD
Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous,...
- 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.
- 2019
Bolden
Bolden4.32019HD
A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.
- 2017
Chasing Trane
Chasing Trane7.32017HD
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose...
- 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...
- 2023
Isabella
Isabella92023HD
Detective John Sparkes receives a letter from Alex Spalding, leading him to a mysterious woods. Here, he meets Isabella, a practitioner of...
- 1953
Daybreak Express
Daybreak Express7.31953HD
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...
- 1997
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz7.11997HD
"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...
- 1955
Pete Kelly's Blues
Pete Kelly's Blues6.11955HD
In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange...
- 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...
- 1949
Begone Dull Care
Begone Dull Care6.71949HD
In this extraordinary short animation, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto their filmstrip....
- 2016
Liberty's Secret
Liberty's Secret4.8082016HD
The daughter of a preacher becomes the centerpiece for a conservative political campaign but finds herself falling in love with a woman.
- 2010
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench5.4272010HD
After connecting with the shy Madeline, a jazz trumpeter embarks on a quest for a more gregarious paramour, but through a series of twists and turns...
- 1991
Highway 61
Highway 616.71991HD
A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's"...
- 2013
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker7.12013HD
Bayou Maharajah explores the life and music of New Orleans piano legend James Booker, the man Dr. John described as "the best black, gay, one-eyed...
- 2018
Every Night's a Saturday Night
Every Night's a Saturday Night82018HD
The Life & Times of Bobby Keys ... decades-long Sax player with The Rolling Stones, best friend to Keith Richards, and session player with John...
- 1986
Jazz Daimyo
Jazz Daimyo5.21986HD
Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.
- 1965
Time Piece
Time Piece7.31965HD
Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute...