Watch 1959: the year that changed jazz 123Movies. Archive performances and interviews explore the influence of the four major jazz albums made in 1959 by Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman.
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Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
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A 1975 documentary on the great Blues pianist Earl Hines, one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano.
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Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway...
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Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make...
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A pair wander the streets of Warsaw, meeting famous Polish musicians.
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A feature- length documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda.
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Casiopea's perfect live performance from 1987.
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At the beginning of the 20th century, a new direction in music appeared in America. Although the word "jazz" came into use only in 1913, this music,...
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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.
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In this entertaining Puppetoon animated short film, a young boy, Jasper, gets trapped inside a pawnshop at midnight. All the musical instruments come...
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Miles Davis performing live at Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood Massachusetts on August 18, 1970. Miles Davis tp / Chick Corea el-p / Keith...