These ex-members of the Fania All Stars have been performing together for over 40 years. In this majestic concert, recorded and filmed at the prestigious Bellas Artes of Puerto Rico, Ray & Cruz perform all of their greatest hits spanning their entire career.More...
A film By Charlie Brown. From their beginnings at Clark High School to their exciting 20th anniversary sets at Tipitina's, Never A Dull Moment finally tells the full story of New Orleans' favorite brass band, The Rebirth. As we tour their story, we take side trips through the Treme neighborhood, More...
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius in the fading musician. More...
Django Reinhardt's music still looms as the standard to be attained some 50 years after his death. The Gypsy guitarist who played with only two fingers of his left hand, was Europe’s first jazz superstar. He is the unschooled genius who created his own musical and compositional style and became a legend. More...
Ribot is one of the most inventive guitarists of his generation. Composed of excerpts from concerts in New York's Lower East Side clubs - an well as from his European tour, More...
On July 15, 2004, Santana took to the stage in Montreux accompanied by a stunning line-up of guests to perform a concert of songs about peace and understanding that they dubbed Hymns For Peace. Joining the regular Santana line-up in the band were Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ravi Coltrane, and Idrissa Diop More...
This nearly 2 hour documentary film showcases the jazz alto sax legend featuring dynamic performance footage from a recent recording session as well as extensive interviews in which Shank discusses his 60 year career as one of the founding members of the West Coast jazz movement. More...
Filmed in black and white by hand-held cameras on stage very close from the musicians, Eclipse is both a modern (frames and editing) and a classical look (black and white) on a music which, from blues to so called free jazz, claims simultaneously creativity and history, structure and free improvisation. More...
Stuff, caught here in their only performance at Montreux, combined the talents of five amazing musicians. Individually they were among the most sought after session players of their day, but together as Stuff they had a magic all of their own. This DVD also features a guest appearance from vocalist Odetta on "Oh Happy Day". More...
Art Tatum: The Art of Jazz Piano is still 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 or who were influenced strongly by him: More...
The Chicago reed player has released over 100 albums with nearly 40 ensembles, spends over 8 months per year on the road. Though Vandermark was the recipient of a 1999 MacArthur genius grant, he still spends most of his life in smoky clubs and low-budget recording studios, hoping people will plunk down hard-earned cash More...
This fantastic performance was filmed and recorded in July of '94 at the Ohne Filter studios in Baden-Baden, Germany. Here the Yellowjackets expertly present their unique take on jazz fusion. This band from California, who captured the music scene at the beginning of the eighties, has produced one hit after another ever since. More...
This film by director Mark Kidel is an illuminating documentary profile of one of
the world's foremost jazz keyboard players and composers, along with an
electric performance by the Zawinul Syndicate at the Point in Cardiff,
Wales, 2004. More...
