Dizzy Gillespie Filmes
- 2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street7.482021HD
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry...
- 2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool7.22019HD
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
- 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat7.42024HD
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War. In 1960, the UN became...
- 2020
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President6.92020HD
This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America—with the music of the...
- 2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs6.82022HD
In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His...
- 1986
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis01986HD
A documentary on the music of Miles Davis which contains concert footage from the 1986 New Orleans Jazz Festival and interviews with Miles Davis,...
- 2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
The Jazz Ambassadors72018HD
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...
- 1964
The Hat
The Hat01964HD
Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation...
- 2012
Music According to Tom Jobim
Music According to Tom Jobim72012HD
Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The...
- 2014
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words02014HD
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest...
- 1962
The Hole
The Hole5.781962HD
Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.
- 2018
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure92018HD
This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De...
- 2004
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance62004HD
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...
- 1991
El invierno en Lisboa
El invierno en Lisboa21991HD
Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro,...
- 1964
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie6.61964HD
This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk,...
- 1984
Hello
Hello6.6881984HD
Extraterrestrials contact earth in this delightful fable. Their message is "HELLO" in many languages, and there is a celebration.
- 1986
The Cosmic Eye
The Cosmic Eye5.81986HD
Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.
- 1994
A Great Day in Harlem
A Great Day in Harlem6.21994HD
Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just...
- 2019
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
Jazz: The Only Way of Life8.32019HD
Dizzy Gillespie is one of the major figures of the 20th Century's music scene. Everything was once said or written about this genius musician,...
- 1958
Date with Dizzy
Date with Dizzy41958HD
A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder.