Subgenre Sampler
Jazz & Blues: 115 Films to Buy & Rent
Muddy Waters - Live at the Chicagofest (1981)
- The great electric bluesman Muddy Waters giving his final televised performance on August 3rd, 1981 at the Chicago Blues Festival.
Tracklist:…
Joni Mitchell - Shadows and Light (1980)
- Dir. Joni Mitchell
Feat. Joni Mitchell
- A wonderful concert recording from the heyday of Joni Mitchell's 'jazz period' with a spectacular band featuring the likes of Jaco Pastorius, Pat…
Memories of Duke Ellington (1980)
- A tribute to the great jazz composer–pianist 'Duke' Ellington, who created and developed his own sophisticated aesthetic from the late 1920s to…
Sophisticated Ladies (Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Shirley Bassey) (1980-1993)
- Three films about three of jazz music's most celebrated female vocalists.
'Sarah Vaughan – The Divine One' (1993) – An overview of…
Last of the Blue Devils, The (1979)
- Dir. Bruce Ricker
- Jazz documentary covering everything from the Basie big–band sound to Kansas City Jazz and blues and the rock and roll that brought attention…
Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1974)
- Dir. John Coney
- Mind–straining curiosity has freaky jazz bandleader Sun Ra and his "Intergalactic Solar Arkestra" landing on Earth in a yellow spaceship and…
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor…
- Diana Ross is terrific in her acting debut as famously–troubled jazz legend Billie Holiday in this flawed but fascinating biographical drama…
American Folk Blues Festival, The (1962-1966)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Classic live performances from the American Folk–Blues Festival which toured Europe in the 1960s.
Adding a startling new dimension to the…
Connection, The (1962)
- Dir. Shirley Clarke
Feat. Garry Goodrow, Warren Finnerty
- Experimental cult curio based on the Jack Gelber play, in which a group of musician junkies await a heroin hook–up in a New York loft. Things…
All Night Long (Die Heisse Nacht) (1961)
- Dir. Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
Feat. Patrick McGoohan, Richard Attenborough, Keith Michell…
- Set in London's smoky jazz scene, this updating of Othello is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best Jazz musicians of the…