Summary: This performance-based music documentary shares intimate discussions with various iconic contemporary New Orleans musicians, highlighting their history and upbringing, while demonstrating how a musical tradition has shaped their identity, community, and learning environment for the youth of the Crescent City. Comprised of four years of interviews, cityscape cinematography, studio performances,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRASummary: Discover the life and music of jazz luminary Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history. Filmed over six years, Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes invites viewers to meet the gentleman behind the bass. Best known as the rhythmic anchor in Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, Carter has since amassed more than 2,500 musical credits over a prolific six-decade career. His unmistakable melody...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC RONSummary: Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LETSummary: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, aka "Jazz Fest," is the signature annual music and cultural event of the city and has been called America's greatest festival. Celebrating the music, food, and arts and crafts of all of Louisiana since 1970, Jazz Fest is an essential showcase of the rich heritage of the region, and hundreds of thousands attend the event each year....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF JAZTatum, Art
Summary: Documents the career of jazz pianist Art Tatum through interviews, rare footage, and photographs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MVD Visual 2008
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ARTSummary: Depicts the remarkable story of 93-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry. A living monument to the Golden Era of Jazz, having played in both the Duke Ellington and Count Basie bands. He broke racial barriers on American television and mentored the likes of Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but his most unlikely friendship is with Justin Kauflin, a 23-year old blind piano prodigy. Justin, fighting a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF KEEDavis, Miles
Summary: Examines the life of Miles Davis through his music, home movies, and his manuscripts and paintings.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2020
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MILColeman, Ornette
Summary: Explores the life and career of jazz musician Ornette Coleman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2014