Movies: Dizzy Gillespie

  • 2018
    Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

    Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018)

    Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

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    This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De Rochefort with the famous director Jacques Demy....

    Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
  • 1967
    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly (1967)

    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

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    Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of places from The Basin St. West Jazz Club, the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival, and his first Concert of Sac...

    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
  • 2023
    Maurice Baquet, The Accorded

    Maurice Baquet, The Accorded (2023)

    Maurice Baquet, The Accorded

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    At once a high-level musician, member of the October Group, entertainer, theater artist, film actor, mountaineer, and skier, Maurice Baquet, always on the move, structured his life around two common threads: the cello and the mountains. He once defin...

    Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
  • 1990
    Amazonia

    Amazonia (1990)

    Amazonia

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    Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants....

    Amazonia
  • 1974
    Voyage to Next

    Voyage to Next (1974)

    Voyage to Next

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    Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010....

    Voyage to Next
  • 1984
    Hello

    Hello (1984)

    Hello

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    Extraterrestrials contact earth in this delightful fable. Their message is "HELLO" in many languages, and there is a celebration....

    Hello
  • 1982
    Dizzy's Dream Band

    Dizzy's Dream Band (1982)

    Dizzy's Dream Band

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    All-Star concert recorded at Lincoln Center in 1982 -- Featuring Max Roach, Jon Faddis, John Lewis and Milt Jackson....

    Dizzy's Dream Band
  • 1977
    Second Chance: Sea

    Second Chance: Sea (1977)

    Second Chance: Sea

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    The history of the ocean as our most important resource....

    Second Chance: Sea
  • 1962
    The Hole

    The Hole (1962)

    The Hole

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    Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war....

    The Hole
  • 2020
    Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

    Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020)

    Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

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    This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America—with the music of the counterculture, including the Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Jimmy Buffett....

    Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
  • 1979
    The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story

    The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story (1979)

    The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story

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    Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz....

    The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
  • 2004
    Improvisation

    Improvisation (2004)

    Improvisation

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    Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977, Joe Pass 1979, Ella Fitzgerald 1979, and Oscar Peterson at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977....

    Improvisation
  • 1964
    The Hat

    The Hat (1964)

    The Hat

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    Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation between individuals and nations....

    The Hat
  • 2008
    Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong

    Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong (2008)

    Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong

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    Documenting Louis Armstrong's appearance at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival....

    Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
  • 1992
    Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

    Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992)

    Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

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    Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
  • 2012
    The Music According to Tom Jobim

    The Music According to Tom Jobim (2012)

    The Music According to Tom Jobim

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    Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The Girl from Ipanema." This relaxed, cool, sensuous music blended jazz and samba. After recording an album...

    The Music According to Tom Jobim
  • 2022
    Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970

    Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970 (2022)

    Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970

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    Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
  • 1989
    Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

    Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989)

    Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

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    In this concert, recorded live London’s Royal Festival Hall in 1989, Dizzy Gillespie performs with the magical United Nation Orchestra and a selection of jazz musicians including Slide Hampton, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'Rivera, Mario Rivera and Flor...

    Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
  • 1946
    Jivin' in Bebop

    Jivin' in Bebop (1946)

    Jivin' in Bebop

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    A filmed variety show featuring the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra with special guests....

    Jivin' in Bebop
  • 1964
    Dizzy Gillespie

    Dizzy Gillespie (1964)

    Dizzy Gillespie

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    This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins and others sparked the change from traditional Jazz to “Bebop” in mid-1940s America. The fil...

    Dizzy Gillespie