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Highway 61
6.9

Highway 61

Sep. 05, 1991

Highway 61

A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her ...
You, the Living
7.5

You, the Living

Sep. 21, 2007

You, the Living

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just ...
Pete Kelly’s Blues
6.4

Pete Kelly’s Blues

Jul. 31, 1955

Pete Kelly’s Blues

In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer ...
Fire Music
8

Fire Music

Jan. 01, 2018

Fire Music

Tom Surgal’s film looks at the astonishing sounds (and sights) of that combustible and wildly diverse moment in music known as free jazz, ...
Begone Dull Care
7.3

Begone Dull Care

Jan. 01, 1949

Begone Dull Care

An experimental film, consisting of abstract shapes and colors shifting to the rhythm and variations in the music. This short was made by ...
Saxophone Colossus
6.7

Saxophone Colossus

Jan. 01, 1998

Saxophone Colossus

Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as ...
Jazz
8.6

Jazz

 

Jazz

This series explores the history of the major American musical form. We track its development in African American culture, its rise to prominence ...
The Mice Will Play
5.8

The Mice Will Play

Dec. 17, 1938

The Mice Will Play

The mice are on the loose after hours in a doctor’s office, playing with the various pieces of medical apparatus. Susie Mouse is caged for ...
Karmen Gei
6.0

Karmen Gei

Jun. 27, 2001

Karmen Gei

Bizet’s Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen ...
Dixieland Daimyo
7

Dixieland Daimyo

Apr. 19, 1986

Dixieland Daimyo

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical ...
Stormy Monday
6.2

Stormy Monday

May. 01, 1988

Stormy Monday

When a corrupt American businessman tries to strong arm his way into businesses in Newcastle, England, he is thwarted by an club attendant and ...
Three Little Bops
7.8

Three Little Bops

Jan. 04, 1957

Three Little Bops

Three hip, Little Pigs are travelling entertainers, moving from straw to wood, to brick nightclubs, playing swinging tunes for high-class, ...
I Love to Singa
7.7

I Love to Singa

Jul. 18, 1936

I Love to Singa

I Love to Singa depicts the story of a young owl who wants to sing jazz, instead of the classical music that his German parents wish him to ...
Katnip Kollege
5.9

Katnip Kollege

Jun. 11, 1938

Katnip Kollege

At the Katnip Kollege, we see a roomful of cats taking a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can’t cut it and has to ...
Jazz Heaven
5.5

Jazz Heaven

Nov. 03, 1929

Jazz Heaven

Barry Holmes (Johnny Mack Brown), a southern songwriter, come to New York City’s Tin-Pan Alley and meets and falls in love with ...
El perseguidor
6.4

El perseguidor

Mar. 10, 1965

El perseguidor

The story of a saxophonist with delusions of persecution that is being destroyed little by little by means of alcohol, drugs and sex. A story by ...
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
6.9

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years ...
Suburban Girl
5.5

Suburban Girl

Apr. 27, 2007

Suburban Girl

Publishing assistant Brett Eisenberg wants to be a big-time editor. However, she lacks self-confidence, a problem that isn’t helped by her ...