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2) La La Land
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. Struggling actress Mia (Emma Stone) and aspiring jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) begin a whirlwind romance as they both pursue their dreams in Los Angeles. However, their blossoming relationship is challenged when their careers pull them in different directions.
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy...
3) Soul
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Description
Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Explores in depth the significant cultural and musical influences Miller experienced as a teenager in Fort Morgan, Colorado from 1918-1921. Other published works about Miller focus on his years of big band fame or his mysterious disappearance over the English Channel during World War II, bypassing his high school years. This film, based on fresh research, fills the historical gap and reveals that Glenn Miller's experience in the small rural town...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Explores in depth the significant cultural and musical influences Miller experienced as a teenager in Fort Morgan, Colorado from 1918-1921. Other published works about Miller focus on his years of big band fame or his mysterious disappearance over the English Channel during World War II, bypassing his high school years. This film, based on fresh research, fills the historical gap and reveals that Glenn Miller's experience in the small rural town...
6) Whiplash
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Description
Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer...
8) Jazz 10 DVDs
Author
Series
Pub. Date
20121226
Description
From the critically acclaimed documentarian Ken Burns who brought "The Civil War" and "Baseball" to PBS, "Jazz" is a history of the jazz musical style.
JAZZ celebrates America's greatest original art form. Ken Burns' 10-part documentary opens at the dawn of the 20th century, incorporating American culture and historical events that interact directly with the music. From the 1890s through the ferment of the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age, to...
10) Cheek to cheek
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Description
The long-awaited collaborative jazz album from Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett features Cole Porter's Anything Goes as the first single. It also includes other classic jazz standards sung both as duets or solo performances. Each song was handpicked by the artists, and the album features classic selections from the Great American Songbook such as It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); Sophisticated Lady; Lush Life; and the title track.
11) Passion play
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The last thing washed up jazz musician, Nate Pool, wanted to do was betray sinister gangster, Happy Shannon. But it may be the last thing he does unless he can deliver Lily, a beautiful and mysterious carnival sideshow attraction.
Description
In February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common-law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans. This feature documentary by filmmaker Kasper Collin is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
In this lavish, 1930s-era drama, Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide. Now, Francis Ford Coppola's extraordinary film is brought tovivid new life with never-before-seen scenes and musical sequences thatdeepen and enrich the storylines.
Pub. Date
cp2008
Description
Summary: On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the organisers of the Newport Jazz Festival presented a special tribute to one of the great figures of jazz, Louis Armstrong. Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett, Mahalia Jackson and other musicians joined in a salute to the master and this film features some of the highlights of the occasion. Louis Armstrong himself can be heard singing "Hello Dolly", "Pennies from Heaven", "Blueberry Hill" and "Mack the...
Pub. Date
2006
Description
"A rare and true icon of modern music, Herbie Hancock continues to bring audiences new and inventive visions of music. In August 2005, the Possibilities album was released, featuring the collaborative talents of a legendary lineup of artists. The film, Herbie Hancock: Possibilities, showcases this musical project in development and design, as Herbie interacts with artists, such as Christina Aguilera, John Mayer, Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, Sting and...
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Financial manager by day and musician by night, Nate Holden hears a beautiful female voice one evening singing outside his apartment in sync while he plays his piano. Mysteriously, the voice turns out to be the coat check girl at the local jazz club. After Nate strikes a deal with Chloe to perform with him, their chemistry undeniably becomes closer with every song they play.