In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His death will be the ransom of a life that was not denied to the excesses or the consuming flame of genius. His wildest improvisations will open the door to future jazzmen. Between shadow and light this film will pay tribute to one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century.

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who ...

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they...

Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jaz...
On November 30, 2017 the National Park Service and National Park Foundation will present the annual ...

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two America...

A bittersweet musical drama set in London centers around a dejected jazz musician who is on the edge...

The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant f...

Ozzy, beset on all sides by the eccentricities of the artists around her, meets Jack, a city-dwellin...

Sun Ra, Archie Shepp and company in concert in Paris, 1984. Documents performances and rehearsals in...

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

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent w...

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A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscu...

Two different students—a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent—f...

A documentary about the life and music of Justin Pearson. An enigmatic underground musician and owne...

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

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

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

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