Topic: Jazz

Direction David Simon · Eric Overmyer · Anthony Hemingway · Ernest R. Dickerson

Cast Wendell Pierce · Steve Zahn · Clarke Peters · Khandi Alexander

Plot TV Series (2010-2013). 4 Seasons. 36 Episodes. Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, 'Treme' chronicles the struggles of a diverse group of residents as they rebuild their lives and their city....

Direction Ken Burns

Plot TV Miniseries about jazz. 12 episodes. 1 hour each.

Direction Bruce Weber

Cast Chet Baker

Plot Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker, directed by famous photographer Bruce Weber. This documentary about jazz trumpeter-singer Chet Baker intercuts footage from the 1950s,...

Direction Damien Chazelle

Cast Miles Teller · J.K. Simmons · Melissa Benoist · Paul Reiser

Plot An ambitious, talented young drummer (Miles Teller) enters a prestigious music academy to fulfill his dream of becoming one of the greatest known drummers of all time. He's initially ecstatic...

Direction Wim Wenders

Cast Ry Cooder · Ibrahim Ferrer · Rubén González · Elíades Ochoa

Plot A group of legendary Cuban musicians, some as old as their nineties, were brought together by Ry Cooder to record a CD. In this film, we see and hear some...

Direction Murray Lerner

Cast Miles Davis · Joni Mitchell · Carlos Santana

Plot Documentary about Miles Davis' legendary gig at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 1970. Includes full live footage and recent interviews with band mates and others. .

Direction Louis Cavrell

Cast Steve Allen · Bill Evans · Harry Evans

Direction Damien Chazelle

Cast Emma Stone · Ryan Gosling · John Legend · Rosemarie Dewitt

Plot Mia, a young aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success...

Direction Wim Wenders

Plot Director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club; Wings of Desire; Paris, Texas ) explores the lives of his favorite blues artists — Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, and J. B....

Direction Ramon Tort

Plot Emotive look at a beautiful (and successful) experiment. Music School Big Band. Following exercise, a dreamer: the dedicated director, Joan Chamorro. But every child is the protagonist of this story...

Direction Charlotte Zwerin

Cast Thelonious Monk · John Coltrane · Harry Colomby

Plot A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk (1917-1982). Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with friends and family about the...

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Forest Whitaker · Diane Venora · Michael Zelniker · Samuel E. Wright

Plot This film is a tribute to the life and genius of saxophonist great Charlie Parker. Bird is a collage of passages from Parker's remarkable life, from his childhood in Kansas...

Direction Shin'ichirō Watanabe

Plot TV Series (2012). 12 Episodes. Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father's job. So the first day at his new school...

Direction Pete Docter · Kemp Powers

Plot Ever wonder where your passion, your dreams and your interests come from? What is it that makes you… YOU? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on a journey from the streets...

Direction Bertrand Tavernier

Cast Dexter Gordon · François Cluzet · Lonette McKee · Christine Pascal

Plot A French music lover befriends a once-great American jazz artist and attempts to save him from self-destruction in this moody drama. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon portrays Dale Turner, a fictional musician...

Direction Otto Preminger

Cast Frank Sinatra · Eleanor Parker · Kim Novak · Arnold Stang

Plot Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into...

Direction Giuseppe Tornatore

Cast Tim Roth · Pruitt Taylor Vince · Mélanie Thierry · Bill Nunn

Plot On the 1st of January in 1900, Danny Boodmann (Bill Nunn), the mechanic of the transatlantic liner Virginian bound for America, finds an abandoned baby on board and decides to...

Direction Fernando Trueba

Cast Michel Camilo · Gato Barbieri · Tito Puente · Chucho Valdés

Direction Liz Garbus

Cast Nina Simone · Lisa Simone Kelly

Plot Garbus' latest documentary features the unforgettable life of civil rights activist, artist and musician Nina Simone. The documentary stitches together segments from over 100 hours of never-before-heard audio tapes of...

Direction Yuzuru Tachikawa

Plot Miyamoto Dai is a student with a taste for basketball, changes his life the first time he sees a live jazz performance. The incredible music strikes a chord deep inside...