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1) Jazz
Publisher
PBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (ca. 19 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990's, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Features archival performance jazz footage including Miles Davis, John Lewis, Jon Hendricks, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, Clark Terry, and Billie Holiday intersperesed with on-camera commentary from notables.
Publisher
Indiepix Films
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Looks at the jazz music scene today. Through interviews, performance footage, and the voices of the musicians themselves, we explore this music and the divirgent influences that are shaping the world of jazz at the beginning of the 21st century.
6) New Orleans
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., b&w, 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nick, the proprietor of a Bourbon Street gambling joint, an artistic haven for African-American musicians who gather and jam from dusk til dawn, falls in love with an opera-singing socialite. After losing his nightclub Nick tries over the course of many years to get jazz the respect and audience it deserves.
Publisher
EuroArts Music International
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This is the story of Blue Note Records, the jazz record company founded in 1939 by German refugees Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. The history of the company is linked to the evolution of jazz music and the development of jazz musicians; includes many recordings of live performances by Blue Note artists as well as interviews of staff, performers and critics. Illustrated with photos by Francis Wolff.
Series
Publisher
BMG Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Traces John Coltrane's musical growth from his roots in the black church and rhythm and blues through his forty years of life and beyond, culminating in a musical meeting between Roscoe Mitchell and dervish musicians in Morocco's Western Sahara desert. The film also includes extensive performance footage of Coltrane.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A wide-ranging documentary that aims to put Monk's status into context and perspective. It blends the history of Monk's early career in Harlem with archival black-and-white footage of the pianist performing his own compositions for Norwegian and French TV.
Series
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
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.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the 1930's, the fictional Emmet Ray ruled as the second greatest jazz guitarist in the world. But his reputation was eclipsed by his eccentric career moves, hilarious clashes with gangsters and stormy love affairs with two very different women.
14) 'Round midnight
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatizes the friendship between an aging alcoholic jazz musician and a young French jazz fan. Inspired by the real-life friendship between jazz pianist Bud Powell and Francis Paudras.
15) 'Round midnight
Series
Criterion collection volume 1122
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
Inspired by the real-life friendship between jazz pianist Bud Powell and Francis Paudras, tells the story of the friendship between an aging alcoholic jazz musician and a young French jazz fan.
Series
Publisher
Reelin' In the Years
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (62 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Description
Thelonious Monk revolutionized jazz with his innovative musical approach and these performances, filmed in Norway and Denmark in 1966, allow viewers the rare opportunity to experience Monk's genius up close.
17) Live in 2004
Publisher
Blue Note
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In her first made for television special, jazz vocalist Norah Jones performs live with her band and special guests.
19) Chico & Rita
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. Bonus features include the U.S. trailer, the making of Chico & Rita, and audio commentary with Director Fernando Trueba.
20) Living out loud
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A newly divorced woman is consumed by vindictive fantasies of her ex-husband and his young bride until she finds unexpected companionship in a bold and sassy jazz singer and a down-on-his-luck elevator operator in her fashionable Fifth Avenue building.
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