Movies/DVD
Using never-before-heard recordings, rare archival footage and her best-known songs, this is the story of legendary singer and activist Nina Simone.
Don Cheadle Brings Miles Davis to the Big Screen in ‘Miles Ahead’. In his directorial debut, Don Cheadle takes on iconic jazz composer and trumpeter Miles Davis during one of the most troubled periods of his life.
In August of 1958, 57 of the greatest jazz musicians of all-time gathered on the steps of a Harlem brownstone for a photograph. This is a film about the most famous photograph in jazz history. It is also a love note to this art form. The film was nominated in 1995 for an Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
BB King “The Life Of Riley” is the much-lauded feature documentary film on the extraordinary life of Blues legend B.B. King
The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and ’30s.
A first-year music student (Miles Teller) wins a seat behind the drums in a jazz band led by a teacher (J.K. Simmons) who uses fear and intimidation to push his students to perfection.
“Waltz for Monica” dramatizes the life of popular Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund, who played a major role in popularizing jazz in Scandinavia and beyond from the late 1950s.
Miles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux 1991. The last performance of Miles Davis at Montreux.
Blue Note Records has announced a November 25 release date for Thelonious Monk Paris 1969, a fascinating and important late-career document of the legendary jazz pianist and composer in performance with his Quartet at the Salle Pleyel concert hall in Paris, France on December 15, 1969