"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.

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All You Can Eat is a brief yet captivating short film that highlights the hungry moments shared betw...

A portrait of inspirational jazz drummer and teacher Art Blakey with Dizzy Gillespie, many pupils in...

Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of N...

Clark Terry has been described as 'possessor of the happiest sound in jazz'. A veteran of Duke Ellin...

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The unmistakable voice of the eleven-time Anděl Award winner, first-class musicians, and songs that ...

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Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lan...

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...

An exploration of the individual components that make up a jazz improvisation, told in 13 parts.

A rogue Director turns a run of the mill Hollywood love story into a big band musical with the help ...

Presenting the world's greatest jazz singer accompanied by The Tommy Flanagan Trio.

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On November 30, 2017 the National Park Service and National Park Foundation will present the annual ...

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