This film is an exploration of the origins, first steps, and changes of direction that have repeatedly occurred in European jazz in the search for that elusive "voice of one's own." And when American jazz entered Europe, artists from both sides of the Atlantic soon began working together, a collaboration that would prove eminently fruitful.

Included is rare archive material featuring Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Zawinul, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Don Cherry, Juliette Greco, Chris Barber, and many more.

90 minutes