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A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
5.9 / 10

Documentary, Music, History

Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just...

Louis Armstrong v Praze (1965)
0 / 10

Documentary

Target (2009)
0 / 10

Drama, Crime

A Professional sniper, Ryo has executed so many missions with his partner, Narushima. But Ryo is caught in between a multitude of emotions, when he...

Untitled Nat King Cole Biopic (1969)
0 / 10

History, Music, Drama

Legendary singer, actor, and jazz pianist Nat King Cole was prominent in the mid-1900s. Though he passed away in 1965 at only 45 years old, his songs...

Hallo Satchmo (1965)
8 / 10

Documentary

In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the report...

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (2016)
8.1 / 10

Music, Drama

It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous,...

Knights of Swing (2023)
0 / 10

Music, Drama, Romance, History

Set in 1947, Knights of Swing is a feature film that chronicles a group of young jazz musicians whose dream is to form a “really swingin’ Big...

The Bells in Old Town (1946)
6 / 10

Drama

Kalle Magnus Berg is a kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) in Stockholm. He helps out "clients" by supporting them with money from his own pocket....

MOANIN' (2022)
0 / 10

Drama, Music

A jazz musician struggles to come to terms with his age when he is assigned a live in nurse.

Cool (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary

Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became...

The Nat King Cole Musical Story (1955)
8 / 10

Music

This short film shows the musical career of Nat "King" Cole, shows the ups and downs of his career, his conquest of illness, how he switched from...

Vince Guaraldi: The Maestro of Menlo Park (2009)
0 / 10

Documentary, Music

A short documentary about Vince Guaraldi, the composer most well known for his work on several 'Peanuts' animated television specials.

Jimmy McGary: The Best Jazz You Never Heard (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary, Music

Tenor saxophonist Jimmy McGary was a major presence in the Cincinnati music scene from the 1950s until his death in the early ’90s. With music...

David Bowie: Blackstar (2015)
0 / 10

Music, Fantasy

A surreal music video for David Bowie's single "Blackstar".

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)
8 / 10

Documentary

Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams was a genius ahead of her time. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring...

Baby Rose Marie: The Child Wonder (1929)
6 / 10

Family, Music

Rose Marie, aged five or six, sings three numbers, "Heigh Ho, Everybody, Heigh Ho", "Who Wouldn't Be Jealous of You", and "Don't Be Like That". She's...

Swan Song (2024)
0 / 10

Drama, Music

Student lead short film project about love, loss and the generations. This story is really about time, and the generations, In the twilight of his...

Música para Sempre (1980)
0 / 10

Documentary

The picture brings interviews with the participants of the 1st São Paulo Jazz Festival that occurred in Anhembi Conventions Palace in September 1978...

The Legends of New Orleans : The music of Fats Domino (2003)
9 / 10

Music

The hits come fast and furious in this 2001 performance by Antoine "Fats" Domino at the Jazz and Heritage Festival in his hometown of New Orleans....

This Is Gary McFarland (2006)
0 / 10

Documentary

Documentary film about the life and mysterious death of forgotten jazz arranger/composer Gary McFarland.