Jazz Movies

  • 2023
    They Shot the Piano Player

    They Shot the Piano Player

    They Shot the Piano Player

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    New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian...

    They Shot the Piano Player
  • 1956
    The Benny Goodman Story

    The Benny Goodman Story

    The Benny Goodman Story

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    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...

    The Benny Goodman Story
  • 1962
    All Night Long

    All Night Long

    All Night Long

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    Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous,...

    All Night Long
  • 1975
    Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

    Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

    Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

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    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.

    Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
  • 2019
    Bolden

    Bolden

    Bolden

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    A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.

    Bolden
  • 2017
    Chasing Trane

    Chasing Trane

    Chasing Trane

    7.32017HD

    An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose...

    Chasing Trane
  • 2023
    Trap Jazz

    Trap Jazz

    Trap Jazz

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    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...

    Trap Jazz
  • 2023
    Isabella

    Isabella

    Isabella

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    Detective John Sparkes receives a letter from Alex Spalding, leading him to a mysterious woods. Here, he meets Isabella, a practitioner of...

    Isabella
  • 1953
    Daybreak Express

    Daybreak Express

    Daybreak Express

    7.31953HD

    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...

    Daybreak Express
  • 1997
    Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

    Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

    Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

    7.11997HD

    "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...

    Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
  • 1955
    Pete Kelly's Blues

    Pete Kelly's Blues

    Pete Kelly's Blues

    6.11955HD

    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...

    Pete Kelly's Blues
  • 1941
    Blues in the Night

    Blues in the Night

    Blues in the Night

    6.21941HD

    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...

    Blues in the Night
  • 1949
    Begone Dull Care

    Begone Dull Care

    Begone Dull Care

    6.71949HD

    In this extraordinary short animation, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto their filmstrip....

    Begone Dull Care
  • 2016
    Liberty's Secret

    Liberty's Secret

    Liberty's Secret

    4.8082016HD

    The daughter of a preacher becomes the centerpiece for a conservative political campaign but finds herself falling in love with a woman.

    Liberty's Secret
  • 2010
    Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

    Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

    Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

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    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...

    Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
  • 1991
    Highway 61

    Highway 61

    Highway 61

    6.71991HD

    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"...

    Highway 61
  • 2013
    Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker

    Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker

    Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker

    7.12013HD

    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...

    Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
  • 2018
    Every Night's a Saturday Night

    Every Night's a Saturday Night

    Every Night's a Saturday Night

    82018HD

    The Life & Times of Bobby Keys ... decades-long Sax player with The Rolling Stones, best friend to Keith Richards, and session player with John...

    Every Night's a Saturday Night
  • 1986
    Jazz Daimyo

    Jazz Daimyo

    Jazz Daimyo

    5.21986HD

    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.

    Jazz Daimyo
  • 1965
    Time Piece

    Time Piece

    Time Piece

    7.31965HD

    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...

    Time Piece