Jazz Icons: Count Basie Live in '62

Ray

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

2004

Daybreak Express

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 st

1953

Take Five

Early experimental film from Zbigniew Rybczynski that broke new ground in the use of pixelation, optical printing, animation and other compositional f

1972

The Blues Brothers

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

1980

Lambert & Co.

Jazz vocalist Dave Lambert auditions a new group of singers at RCA Studios in 1964.

1964

Zaz: Sur La Route

ZAZ, in August 2014, completed a major tour spanning 5 continents, performing sold out each time. “On the Road” takes us behind the scenes of this tri

2016

Sweet and Lowdown

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

1999

Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord

2022

The Magic Sun

Multi-faceted artist Phil Niblock captures a brief moment of an interstellar communication by the Arkestra in their prime. Black turns white in a so-c

1966

Rita Coolidge: On Stage at World Cafe Live

2007

New Blue Sun (Listening)

"I swear, I wanted to make a “visual album” but this is literally the way the wind blew me this time."

2023

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

A musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the African-American community.

1994

Yamekraw

In a wordless story with semi-surreal stage sets, a poor black man ventures from his ramshackle rural home to the big city, where a dancing girl in a

1930

The Night is a Witch

Short musical based upon a choreography by Pierre Lacotte.

1960

Billie Holiday: A Sensation

A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday — o

2015

You, the Living

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seco

2007

Bopin' Hood

A trumpet-playing cat and his jazz band invade Ye Olde Squaresville, a kingdom that has outlawed all but the squarest music.

1961

Bewitched - Stacey Kent in Concert

2003

Miles Davis Live At Tanglewood 1970

Miles Davis performing live at Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood Massachusetts on August 18, 1970. Miles Davis tp / Chick Corea el-p / Keith Jarrett

1970

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

American dancer and choreographer Hermes Pan recalls his life and work as he relives the glorious history of the Hollywood musical.

1990