Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern musical genius, regarded as one of the true giants of post-war music. Seated at his beloved and battered piano in his Brooklyn brownstone the maestro holds court with frequent stentorian pronouncements on life, art and music.

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

From the remote Australian desert to the opulence of Buckingham Palace - Namatjira Project is the ic...

British artist, academic, musician and activist Bob and Roberta Smith has been waging slightly odd p...

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In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker n...

The Victorian era is often cited for its lack of sexuality, but as this documentary reveals, the per...

A portrait of Nam June Paik produced as a 'video catalog' for the exhibition 'The Electronic Super H...

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This film features some of the most important living Postmodern practitioners, Charles Jencks, Rober...

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers features what many consider to be one of the fi nest line-ups in th...

A rain parade of sausages meets camels and kings in the 32 minute experimental syncing of Pharaoh Sa...

In 2009, art detective Dr Bendor Grosvenor caused a national scandal by proving that the Scottish Na...
The history of art in Ethiopia. The film emphasizes the styles, materials, etc. ofpaintings on walls...

In 1988, art student Damien Hirst and a group of like-minded associates mounted an exhibition in a b...

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home whe...
The musical traditions of the eastern and western worlds are bridged through the improvisations of B...