Jazz Movies

In 1960, American dancer and actor Gene Kelly created for the Paris Opera Ballet an original choreography that was highly acclaimed at the time, yet...

A new concert special honoring the musical legacy and enduring friendship of Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. Filmed at Radio City Music Hall, the live...

A music documentary made with Sun Ra.

Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz.

Considered for an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Film (Animated).

Fictional film with documentary elements about a jazz musician in Berlin.

Between segregation and cosmic revelation, The Magic City traces the birth of Sun Ra, where a city becomes myth and a man, a galaxy.

A son seeking to fulfill his late father’s dream takes his band from the storied city of New Orleans to the shores of Cuba, where —...

Three hip, Little Pigs are travelling entertainers, moving from straw to wood, to brick nightclubs, playing swinging tunes for high-class, "with it"...

A three-channel video installation, working with the themes of risk, hybridity and the unfathomable to explore the city of New Orleans through the...

A music documentary about jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, with Chan Parker, Bill Miles, Dizzy Gillespie, Walter Bishop Jr, Sheila Jordan, George...

When the clock runs out on an impossible debt, a drummer choses to face the music head on.

This Emmy-nominated TV special highlights rare performance footage filmed between 1968 and 1969 at various US venues and locations, including the...

A trip with Ziad Rahbani and his team into the making of "Houdou Nisbi".

Beatnik mice are chased by a square cat.

Johan van der Keuken's first film is a uniquely beautiful portrait of Paris at dawn.

The prophetic jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, who today is seen as one of the most important innovators in jazz, was obsessed with his radical music...

An unflinching documentary portrait of the Jazz percussionist.