"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.

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

Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lan...
The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is tol...

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

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

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...

Tracklist: 1. Route 66 2. Medley: - Save Me - My Old Friend - Trouble In Paradise 3. Distracte...

Pop-soul band Kimberose is a French-British trio, led by singer Kimberly Kitson Mills, an artist wit...
Carlos Santana's concert at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. Recorded April 26 & 27, 2014.

track list: 1.Sometimes I Just Freak Out 2.All Or Nothing At All 3.Stop This World 4.The Girl In...

Recorded live at Open Theater East, Tokyo, Japan on July 25, 1993. Keith Jarrett piano - Gary Peac...

Chart-topping jazz trumpeter Chris Botti and special guests performed two star-studded concerts at t...

Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic Indian tale of exiled prince Ramayana a...

In Germany, jazz had a voice: Inge Brandenburg. This is the story of a woman in the 1950s and 1960s,...

A film made in 1970 in the home of Finnish composer Ilkka Kussisto (whose two sons are famous violin...

While flying to the first stop on their latest tour, the four members of the Australian music group ...

Tenor saxophonist, composer and producer Kamasi Washington and his band perform a special show at Ha...