Dizzy Gillespie Filmes

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

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

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

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

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

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

The history of the ocean as our most important resource.

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.

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

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

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

Extraterrestrials contact earth in this delightful fable. Their message is "HELLO" in many languages, and there is a celebration.

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

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...

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