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Series
Publisher
Video Artists International
Pub. Date
1986.
Physical Desc
1 video cassette (63 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
A virtual who's who of immortal keyboard players, this program explores the work of twenty-three renowned jazz pianists covering every major period in the progressive development of jazz pianism.
Author
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (approximately 459 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
A live concert shot during the recording of the album. Offers a historical, unprecedented musical retrospective of contemporary jazz, told from the viewpoint of Chick Corea, who reunited nine bands he's led over his illustrious career in a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Series
Publisher
Medici Arts
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Limited edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This program profiles, with first-hand observation and historical detail, the pivotal people and places in American jazz. Includes archive footage of performances by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, and many other important artists.
Publisher
EuroArts Music International
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Jarrett talks about his artistry, great musicians he has worked with, the highlights and crises of his life. Includes interviews with fellow musicians, family, tour managers and other close musical associates and includes rare concert footage. Includes interviews with Jarrett, Manfred Eicher, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, Steve Cloud, Scott Jarrett, George Avakian, Gary Burton, Toshinari Koinuma, Chick Corea, Charlie Haden, Dewey Redman, Rose Anne...
Author
Series
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
Chet Baker, the foremost interpreter of the West Coast school of cool jazz, is highlighted, filmed in Belgium in 1963 and Norway in 1979.
Author
Series
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
Two concerts, filmed in Belgium and Switzerland in 1960, spotlight a young "Q" conducting his "dream band" are some of the finest examples of big band jazz.
Author
Series
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
Two concerts, filmed in Belgium in 1958 and Denmark in 1970, feature one of the founding fathers of bebop.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jazz legend Chet Baker's tumultuous life is thrillingly re-imagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. In the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon of cool.
10) Too late blues
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A bandleader scuffles from gig to gig with his band, trying to keep body and soul together without betraying his muse. A sexy would be singer with a dark past who meets the bandleader at a party and joins his band. The two fall deeply in love, but their world comes crumbling down after the leader and his band are involved in a bar fight and the leader is overcome by fear and is unable to fight back, the humiliation causes him to reject her and his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Reelin' in the years productions LLC
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Reelin' In the Years
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (62 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
Thelonious Monk revolutionized jazz with his innovative musical approach and these performances fillmed in Norway and Denmark in 1966 allow viewers the rare opportunity to experience Monk's genius up close.
Publisher
Outsider Pictures
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1991 filmmaker Raymond De Felitta heard a singer named Jackie Paris on a Los Angeles radio station and began a search that first yielded the fact that Paris had died in 1977. In 2004 De Felitta discovered Paris was alive and making a comeback in a New York City nightclub. This film explores the life of the jazz singer along with an exploration into what it is to live the life of an artist in its least glamorous aspects. Includes interviews with...
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The only documentary portrait of the greatest jazz pianist ever. Using photographs and some rare footage of Tatum and his contemporaries, the film reconstructs his genius. Included are interviews with musicians who played with him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Reelin' in the years productions
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
Filmed in Belgium in 1957 and Sweden in 1963, these sets feature many of Ella's greatest songs..
17) In a silent way
Publisher
Buffalo 8
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It centers around a young jazz guitarist, Jazzen Goodman, who dreams of becoming a jazz legend, hiring his best friend Dylan to film him on his journey. After being upstaged by his old bandmate at a house show where their now dueling bands are on the same bill, Jazzen has a dream about his death. Haunted by this "premonition" that he will meet his death in 30 days, Jazzen starts to devise a surefire plan that will take him to his ultimate goal of...
Author
Series
Publisher
[Naxos of America]
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 56 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages).
Language
English
Description
Features one of the greatest big band orchestras captured at the height of their considerable powers. This recently discovered concert is the earliest known complete concert of Count Basie and his orchestra released on DVD.
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