"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 that was home to such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins. Blue Note, the most successful movie ever made about jazz, is a testimony to the passion and vision of these two men and certainly swings like the propulsive sounds that made their label so famous.

Filmed with an intimate three camera shoot by Antonio Ferrera, a close friend of John Zorn and a lon...

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Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of...

The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the...

Live archive release from the Jazz legend. Thelonious Monk Paris 1969 is a fascinating and important...

The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play...

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A pirate radio, the girl next door, and a test of friendship.

A documentary featuring archive footage to celebrate the 100th birth of jazz legend Louis Armstrong.

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Ella Fitzgerald visited Australia back in 1960. Gracefully stepping up to the microphone for the cel...

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with...

The two musical masters swing out.

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Join drummer Martin Atkins and his industrial rock band Pigface for this document of their epic 2005...

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On the eve of graduation, a high school student finds herself dealing with both college applications...