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

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

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

Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lan...
The recording of a concert by the Martinů Voices vocal choir, conducted by Lukáš Vasilek, at St. Wen...

James Brown's legacy has influenced rap, soul, funk and R&B. But along with his huge talent, there's...

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

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

Crazy is the story of a legendary guitar player who emerged from Nashville in the 1950s. Blessed wit...

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

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

An archive celebration of great reggae performances filmed in the BBC Studios, drawn from programmes...

Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston, plans to make money selling records. After his...

The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wif...

Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himsel...

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

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

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob...

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