Dizzy Gillespie

In this concert, recorded live London’s Royal Festival Hall in 1989, Dizzy Gillespie performs with the magical United Nation Orchestra and a...

Willie Ruff, musician, composer, educator, filmmaker, and Yale School of Music alumnus was on the faculty of the Yale School of Music from 1971 until...

Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry...

Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation...

Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Documenting Louis Armstrong's appearance at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival.

Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz.

This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk,...

The Stars In Concert DVD series presents the best performances of legendary artists who have secured a well-deserved place in music history. On this...

A 4 part documentary about jazz musician / actor Slim Gaillard with interviews, archival footage & performances.

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...

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...

Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gilespie features two historic concerts from one of the founding fathers of bebop. Filmed 12 years apart, the 1958 concert features...

An account of the first European tour of American jazz organist Jimmy Smith and his trio in 1965, replete with backstage footage and music.

This Easter, Billy has plans to help PJ find his first Easter egg. Dolly helps but Jeffy wants to catch the Easter Bunny. When he does, the entire...

Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.

A documentary on Dizzy Gillespie's landmark visit to Cuba and his performance at the Fifth International Jazz Festival in Havana, Cuba. Filmed in...

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

Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.

Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival...

Originally broadcast on CBS April 11, 1976, under the title THE ORIGINAL ROMPIN' STOMPIN' HOT AND HEAVY, COOL AND GROOVE ALL-STAR JAZZ SHOW, this...

A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder.

One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Dizzy Gillespie dazzled the world with his talent as one of the pioneers of be-bop and Latin jazz,...

Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The...

Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro, every...

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown made an outstanding and influential contribution to music. In an era when many...

Didn't We Ramble On is a documentary about the tradition of marching bands in African-American culture. It focuses particularly on the historical...

The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...

This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie...

This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De...

Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants.

A documentary on the music of Miles Davis which contains concert footage from the 1986 New Orleans Jazz Festival and interviews with Miles Davis,...

Dizzy Gillespie is one of the major figures of the 20th Century's music scene. Everything was once said or written about this genius musician,...

Anthology of six short films, including: Dizzy Gillespie Chicken Real Cigarette Blues God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance ...

The Monterey Jazz Festival was established in 1958 by impressario Jimmy Lyons who has hosted an enormous amount of music at this idyllic location....

A filmed variety show featuring the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra with special guests.

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...

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...

All-Star concert recorded at Lincoln Center in 1982 -- Featuring Max Roach, Jon Faddis, John Lewis and Milt Jackson.

Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.

Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of...

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest...

This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America—with the music of the counterculture,...

A documentary that covers the life of Dizzy Gillespie.

At once a high-level musician, member of the October Group, entertainer, theater artist, film actor, mountaineer, and skier, Maurice Baquet, always...

An exceptional recording from 1974 featuring Dizzy Gillespie and his quartet at the Berliner Jazztage, one of Europe's most prominent jazz festivals....

An evocation of jazz through photographs, words and music. Music by Johnny Griffin Quintet with Jon Hendricks and the voices of Art Blakey, Kenny...

A visit to the outdoor festival at Cleethorpes which hosts twelve top jazz bands.

Burt Lancaster narrates this overview of the incredible career of jazz saxophonist Benny Carter, one of the chief architects of the Big Band sound....