Jazz Movies

On stage before a show, a trumpet player dives back into his memories of a sinking during which he was saved by Jazz.

Tarik Shah, supremely talented Muslim American jazz bassist, endured 15 years of unjust imprisonment. Shah toured with jazz legend Betty Carter and...

All You Can Eat is a brief yet captivating short film that highlights the hungry moments shared between Brylee and his partner as they enjoy a sushi...

The life and times of Joe Albany, a little-known jazz pianist, is the subject of this specialized documentary that not only brings out the pianist...

Multi-faceted artist Phil Niblock captures a brief moment of an interstellar communication by the Arkestra in their prime. Black turns white in a...

A live recording of a jazz concert dedicated to the memory of Karel Růžička, who was the teacher of pianist and composer...

World première recording of Hannibal Lokumbe's 'spritatorio' Can You Hear God Crying, which combines jazz, gospel and chamber music with West...

Robert Glasper Experiment — Live Performance on Morning Becomes Eclectic at KCRW Radio. Full set and interview.

An unprecedented collection by Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti, Live At The Shrine includes both a concert film/DVD documentary and a live concert CD,...

When the clock runs out on an impossible debt, a drummer choses to face the music head on.

The young American Pablo Menéndez came to Cuba to study Music at the National School of Art. Here he formed a family and became one more...

CMC’s visionary leaders and artists to celebrate one of San Francisco’s most-revered and longest-running community arts programs.

Jutta Hipp defied the odds and made it to the heart of the male-dominated jazz scene in 1950s New York.

Musical performers put on a show in a pawn shop to convince a man to give them the money they need to buy back their instruments.

A short documentary on jazz trombonist, Ryan Porter.

A portrait of the mythical band Bembeya Jazz, which contributed to the heyday of Sekou Touré’s cultural revolution in Guinea. Created in...

In May 2022, Henry Threadgill presented an acclaimed concert at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, New York, that combined a vibrant new composition...