Jazz Icons: The Swing Orchestras - Volume 1
This engaging musical showcase highlights some of the great swing orchestras of the Big Band era with rare archival performance footage.
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This engaging musical showcase highlights some of the great swing orchestras of the Big Band era with rare archival performance footage.
Gilberto Gil live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2012 GILBERTO GIL'S VIRAMUNDO Feat. Vusi Mahlasela - Paul Hanmer - Jaques Morelenbaum and the Lausanne Sinfonietta Miles Davis Hall at the Montreux Music & Conventio
The life, music and legacy of bandleader and clarinetist Woody Herman is explored in this documentary that includes interviews with the master, himself, along with musicians and jazz historians such as Dan Morgenstern, T
This program features a live concert performance by jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater including such songs as This Is New and Lost in the Stars.
Originally broadcast on CBS April 11, 1976, under the title THE ORIGINAL ROMPIN' STOMPIN' HOT AND HEAVY, COOL AND GROOVE ALL-STAR JAZZ SHOW, this concert ran as part of the "Lively Arts for Young People" series. As stage
This documentary explores the life of jazz singer Anita O'Day. As a child, Anita had a tonsillectomy, during which her uvula was accidentally removed. The surgery prevents her from singing vibrato and holding long notes,
Famed jazz guitarist Randy Johnston takes the stage at the Smithsonian Jazz Café in 2005 for an exhilarating live performance, flanked by bassist Rom Pietrycha and drummer Tony Leone. A memorable set list includes "Up Fr
Jazz is my Native Language: A Portrait of Toshiko Akiyoshi is a 1983 documentary film by Renee Cho about the jazz pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader Toshiko Akiyoshi.
Clark Terry has been described as 'possessor of the happiest sound in jazz'. A veteran of Duke Ellington's orchestra, he began to perform as a soloist in the sixties and established a reputation as one of the great teach
"Recorded Live: 8/16/1992 - Newport Jazz Festival (Newport, RI)"
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Documentary about jazz with a conversation between musicians and the audience. By combining archival footage, interviews with 75 jazz artists and performances culled from 25 hours of concerts, Icons Among Us is a dynamic