"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.

Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the...

A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and lo...

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

Jack DeJohnette - Drums, Herbie Hancock - Keyboards, Dave Holland - Bass, Pat Metheney - Guitars. Fo...

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic ...

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his rema...

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

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

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and ro...

The two musical masters swing out.

Oscar Peterson is accompanied by the stellar duo of bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen for eac...

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

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter...

‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Li...

What was supposed to be a 40 minute performance gets extended another 20 minutes with 3 more songs t...

After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand w...

An unprecedented collection by Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti, Live At The Shrine includes both a concert...

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

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, de...

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