Chet Baker plows a uniquely individual furrow in the field of jazz. His trumpet playing is beautifully delicate and takes standard ballads into hitherto unexplored emotional territories. Here Chet is accompanied by Michel Grailler on piano and Riccardo del Fra on bass. Two of Chet's admirers also guest star here: Van Morrison and Elvis Costello.
Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soo...
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by...
"Comping (an abbreviation of accompanying) is a term used in jazz music to describe the chords, rhyt...
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, de...
The daughter of a preacher becomes the centerpiece for a conservative political campaign but finds h...
in celebration of the release of his critically lauded, mercury prize nominated album “hugo”, rever...
A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.
Miles Davis performing live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden 27 October 1973 1. Band warming up 2...
Miles Davis performing live at Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood Massachusetts on August 18, 1970. ...
In this rotoscope animation, Tom Waits sings about "The One That Got Away."
A documentary on Dizzy Gillespie's landmark visit to Cuba and his performance at the Fifth Internati...
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, cele...
A documentary about Cairo Jazz Festival's Amr Salah and his struggle every year to bring people and ...
When diagnosed with terminal cancer, a world renowned trumpet player uses music to give hope from co...
Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic Indian tale of exiled prince Ramayana a...
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his rema...
This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his ear...
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant f...