Dizzy Gillespie Movies

The picture brings interviews with the participants of the 1st São Paulo Jazz Festival that occurred in Anhembi Conventions Palace in...

Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of...

At once a high-level musician, member of the October Group, entertainer, theater artist, film actor, mountaineer, and skier, Maurice Baquet, always...

A 4 part documentary about jazz musician / actor Slim Gaillard with interviews, archival footage & performances.

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

This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk,...

Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants.

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

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

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

Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro,...

This Easter, Billy has plans to help PJ find his first Easter egg. Dolly helps but Jeffy wants to catch the Easter Bunny. When he does, the entire...

A documentary on the music of Miles Davis which contains concert footage from the 1986 New Orleans Jazz Festival and interviews with Miles Davis,...

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

Didn't We Ramble On is a documentary about the tradition of marching bands in African-American culture. It focuses particularly on the historical...

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

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

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

A filmed variety show featuring the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra with special guests.