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Publisher
Kultur International Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Elvin Jones is the archetypical modern jazz musician - instinct not intellect. This is the kind of music he has played to perfection since his days with John Coltrane. There are some heavy-duty side-men in his present "Jazz Machine", Sonny Fortune and Ravi John Coltrane, the son of the most influential tenor sax player ever. Elvin Jones along with Sonny Fortune, Chip Jackson, Ravi Coltrane, and Willie Pickins play almost an hour of jazz music.
Publisher
Productions Á-Propos
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Jazz guitarist Talmage Holt Farlow embodied the unusual. The Greensboro, North Carolina native joined the New York City jazz scene in the late 1940s, where his highly innovative style and unique sense of harmony led to high acclaim. By 1958, the acclamations had become a question "What ever happened to Tal Farlow?" Following Thoreau, Farlow stepped away from the temptations of the jazz life, following his own musical drummer and struggling to find...
Series
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions LLC
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Featuring two performances by the foremost interpreter of the West Coast school of cool jazz. Filmed in Europe 15 years apart, these two shows seen together provide an overview of Baker's illustrious career.
Series
Publisher
New Yorker Films
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Enshrined in the National Film Registry in 1999, Bert Stern's 1959 film offers precisely what its title promises. Along with a wealth of great music, the film subtly conveys the economic differences between the music's origins and Newport's wealthy citizens, and highlights the concentration and playfulness of great musicians by photographing them as intimately as possible. Despite the title, this concert film's performances--captured over the course...
8) Cats
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper transforms Andrew Lloyd Webberb2ss record-shattering stage musical into a breakthrough cinematic event. The film reimagines the musical for a new generation with spectacular production design, state-of-the-art technology, and dance styles ranging from classical ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street dance to tap. One of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, it won seven Tony Awards,...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by BMG Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
This program profiles, with first-hand observation and historical detail, the pivotal people and places in American jazz. Includes archive footage of performances by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, and many other important artists.
Series
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
One of the finest lineups in the history of jazz--Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt, Benny Golson, and the legendary trumpet player, Lee Morgan. This historic concert, filmed in Belgium in 1958, is the only known visual of this influential band.
12) The jazz singer
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The melodramatic story of a Jewish cantor's son who aspires to be a jazz singer, despite his father's strenuous objections.
Publisher
Annenberg Media
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
An introduction to music with a global perspective, this program shows how elements such as melody, rhythm, and texture can create an infinite variety of sounds and serve as expressions of culture. Includes rare archival footage and contemporary performances.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
On July 11, 2004, over 200,000 spectators filled the downtown streets of Montreal to take part in a unique celebration, an incredible one-night-only sepcial event! With more than 250 artists, Midnight sun is a brilliant combination of music and circus, the perfect chemistry of sight and sound.
Publisher
Distributed by EuroArts Music International
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A leading musician of the swing era and an outstanding representative of the big band style, Count Basie was an eminent bandleader and jazz pianist. He led one of the most enduring swing bands of all time; no other musician was ever more committed to stomping, shouting, swinging, jumping and dragging away the blues than Count Basie. In Swingin' the blues, a distinguished group of Basie alumni, including early band stars Harry "Sweets" Edison, Earle...
Publisher
Playboy Jazz
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and career of Bix Beiderbecke, from his beginnings as a child prodigy to his death at age 28. Includes film footage, photos, and interviews with Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, Bill Challis, Doc Cheatam, Charlie Davis, Jack Fulton, Matty Malneck, Artie Shaw, and Spiegle Willcox.
Series
Jazz icons volume ser. 2
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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