Dizzy Gillespie Movies

Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just...

A compilation reel of television commercials produced by Story Board Inc.

Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz.

Born poor in Baltimore, Chick Webb broke his back as a boy and faced life as a hunchback dwarf afflicted with Spinal Tuberculosis. Someone suggested...

The Monterey Jazz Festival was established in 1958 by impressario Jimmy Lyons who has hosted an enormous amount of music at this idyllic location....

Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The...

Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation...

An account of the first European tour of American jazz organist Jimmy Smith and his trio in 1965, replete with backstage footage and music.

An exceptional recording from 1974 featuring Dizzy Gillespie and his quartet at the Berliner Jazztage, one of Europe's most prominent jazz festivals....

Documenting Louis Armstrong's appearance at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival.

The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...

All-Star concert recorded at Lincoln Center in 1982 -- Featuring Max Roach, Jon Faddis, John Lewis and Milt Jackson.

A visit to the outdoor festival at Cleethorpes which hosts twelve top jazz bands.

This biographical documentary about Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner is a beautifully produced, respectful look at a man who succeeded beyond...

Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.

Hosted by Jane Fonda and Robert Wagner, this TV special celebrates the XXIIIrd Olympiad with all-star guests at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.

One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Dizzy Gillespie dazzled the world with his talent as one of the pioneers of be-bop and Latin jazz,...

Willie Ruff, musician, composer, educator, filmmaker, and Yale School of Music alumnus was on the faculty of the Yale School of Music from 1971 until...

An evocation of jazz through photographs, words and music. Music by Johnny Griffin Quintet with Jon Hendricks and the voices of Art Blakey, Kenny...