Dizzy Gillespie Movies
- 2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool7.2332019HD
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
- 1995
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar01995HD
This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie...
- 2012
Music According to Tom Jobim
Music According to Tom Jobim72012HD
Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The...
- 1986
The Cosmic Eye
The Cosmic Eye6.21986HD
Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.
- 2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street7.42021HD
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry...
- 1962
The Hole
The Hole5.71962HD
Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.
- 1986
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis01986HD
A documentary on the music of Miles Davis which contains concert footage from the 1986 New Orleans Jazz Festival and interviews with Miles Davis,...
- 1994
A Great Day in Harlem
A Great Day in Harlem6.2221994HD
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...
- 1970
Cool
Cool01970HD
Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became...
- 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État82024HD
In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita...
- 2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
The Jazz Ambassadors72018HD
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...
- 1964
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie6.61964HD
This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk,...
- 2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs6.82022HD
In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His...
- 2008
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong8.52008HD
Documenting Louis Armstrong's appearance at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival.
- 1989
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall01989HD
In this concert, recorded live London’s Royal Festival Hall in 1989, Dizzy Gillespie performs with the magical United Nation Orchestra and a...
- 1991
El invierno en Lisboa
El invierno en Lisboa21991HD
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,...
- 1958
Date with Dizzy
Date with Dizzy41958HD
A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder.
- 1979
The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story71979HD
Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz.
- 1980
Música para Sempre
Música para Sempre01980HD
The picture brings interviews with the participants of the 1st São Paulo Jazz Festival that occurred in Anhembi Conventions Palace in...
- 1984
Hello
Hello6.51984HD
Extraterrestrials contact earth in this delightful fable. Their message is "HELLO" in many languages, and there is a celebration.