Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover...

Tribute concert honoring the late Ray Charles.

Looks at Buena Vista Social Club's contribution to Cuba's musical history by talking to the remaining original members.

Features archival performance jazz footage including Miles Davis, John Lewis, Jon Hendricks, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, Clark Terry, and Billie Holiday intersperesed with on-camera commentary from notables.

With over a dozen of his classic performances ranging from 1932 to the late sixties, Satchmo includes excerpts from Pennies from Heaven, Betty Boop cartoon, Going places, Jam session, New Orleans with Billie Holiday, High Society with Bing Crosby, and Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand. Also included are live concerts with Dizzy Gillespie, and Jack Teagarden and the All Stars. The film also presents on-camera interviews with Arvell Shaw, Tony Bennett,...

Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.

Summary: On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the organisers of the Newport Jazz Festival presented a special tribute to one of the great figures of jazz, Louis Armstrong. Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett, Mahalia Jackson and other musicians joined in a salute to the master and this film features some of the highlights of the occasion. Louis Armstrong himself can be heard singing "Hello Dolly", "Pennies from Heaven", "Blueberry Hill" and "Mack the...

Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.

Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.

A great day in Harlem tells the story of Art Kane's famous 1958 group photograph of the jazz greats of the period. Includes home movie footage of the musicians arriving and greeting each other the morning of the shoot. Also includes conversations with musicians and archival performance footage.