Jazz Movies

Did you look at the sun for too long, until the shapes of the surrounding world stretched and the colors became distorted? In this music documentary,...

Two men’s quest for sustenance.

In May 2022, Henry Threadgill presented an acclaimed concert at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, New York, that combined a vibrant new composition...

All You Can Eat is a brief yet captivating short film that highlights the hungry moments shared between Brylee and his partner as they enjoy a sushi...

A short narrative drama that explores the personal and professional dilemmas faced by the openly gay jazz composer, Billy Strayhorn, in the early...

Dependence and demarcation, one's own position in a system that appears open but often allows for nothing structurally. The feeling of constantly...

A scarce and seldom seen cartoon from 1937 with excellent hot jazz and containing caricatures of Cab Calloway, Ted Lewis and Bessie Smith.

1950s Soho beats with far more energy than its 21st century counterpart in this vivid time capsule.

On stage before a show, a trumpet player dives back into his memories of a sinking during which he was saved by Jazz.

CMC’s visionary leaders and artists to celebrate one of San Francisco’s most-revered and longest-running community arts programs.

A concert film by Frank Heath, documenting Miles Okazaki’s solo guitar performance of the complete works of Thelonious Monk from memory in a...

In January 2025, experimental jazz duo Myshko Birchenko and Yevhen Puhachov, members of Hyphen Dash, travelled to Kramatorsk without any pre-made...

Anika Nilles – Live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2023 showcases a drummer of remarkable precision, power and imagination. Leading a highly...

In 1932 Harlem, aspiring jazz trumpeter Ethel Franklin struggles to get her foot in the door. Dejected after another fruitless night, an opportunity...

Join us down deep within the basement of ToonMan as a not so colorful cast of characters join together only once in a half moon to play poker for one...

An amazing interpretation from Vicente Libedinsky of "Festival de Ritmo" originally from Dave weckl in his graduation concert from high school.

The film follows the quartet from collaborative development of new music to a live performance at New York’s 55 Bar.

Musical performers put on a show in a pawn shop to convince a man to give them the money they need to buy back their instruments.

A feature-length tour of Amsterdam's thriving jazz scene.