In this rotoscope animation, Tom Waits sings about "The One That Got Away."

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

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

In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker n...

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

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by...

Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soo...

Based on a True Story, we journey back to 1980 to see John King, a 10yr old African American boy, se...

Danny 'Sweet Touch' Caputo is a young sax player on the verge of crowning his life's dream, to play ...

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

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

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

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

A Film About Kids and Music is a project arising from a music class. Conducted by Joan Chamorro, the...

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

Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] ...

In this short film from 1967, filmmaker Henry English attempts to place a context around saxophonist...

The two musical masters swing out.

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