"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.

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.

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

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert...

BBC archivists recently unearthed a veritable treasure trove of Ella Fitzgerald shows recorded by th...

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

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

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

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

Few jazz musicians are as exuberant at their advanced age as Stéphane Grappelli in this concert. In ...

Recorded Live at Tokyo International Forum Hall A on December 9th, 2007

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

The hits come fast and furious in this 2001 performance by Antoine "Fats" Domino at the Jazz and Her...

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

A chronological look at the life and career of jazz musician, composer, and performer Dave Brubeck (...

Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in ja...

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

Zawinul is onstage with the WDR Big Band from Germany and a special international rhythm section. Th...