Stars: Steve Allen, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, Stanley Crouch, Ron Carter
A documentary film about the life of Miles Davis (an outstanding and influential jazz musician) and his unique performance at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970. This documentary includes all the films and interviews of the band members and other people present at the festival.
Stars: Fidel Castro, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in this historical rollercoaster, rewriting the episode of the Cold War that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Marcus Miller, James Hetfield, Flea, Herbie Hancock
This documentary features the biography of American musician Jaco Pastorius with archive footage seen for the first time. Jaco Pastorius was an American jazz musician who is famous for his skill in playing the bass guitar. With his innovation in melody playing with fretless bass and his creative playing techniques, he took that instrument out of the usual form that only served to fill the text of the songs...
Stars: André 3000, Robert F. Kennedy, LL Cool J, Mike Douglas, Ed Sullivan
Focusing on the life and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone, the film tells the story of the rise, rise and fall of one of pop music's most influential artists.
Stars: Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller, Flea, Herbie Hancock, Prince
Musicians, music researchers, family and friends of "Miles Davis", the legendary jazzman of history, tell the story of his life with the aim of painting the real face of this legend. With access to his personal archive, this documentary is full of never-before-seen footage, studio shots and interviews.
Stars: Steve Allen, Mike Douglas, John F. Kennedy, Orson Welles, Ed Sullivan
The story of the life and legacy of the master and the so-called founding father of jazz, America's first pop star and cultural ambassador...
Stars: Denzel Washington, Common, Benny Golson, Bill Clinton, Ashley Kahn
This documentary examines the global power and influence of John Coltrane's music and shows that he has launched a revolution in the field of music.
Stars: Marlon Brando, Roger Guenveur Smith, Jim Brown, Orson Welles, Bessie Smith
Spike Lee directed the film, and theater actor Roger Gunnor wrote and performed it based on his award-winning play...
Stars: Philip Glass, David Byrne, Patti Smith, Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol
The pioneers of video art are lifelong hackers and grandparents of the YouTube generation. In their retirement years, they are trying to archive their works. By chance they are rediscovered by the art world that had forgotten them...
Stars: Corey Johnson, Christian Skibinski, Alexander Scheer, Uwe Preuss, Susanne Wolff
Vera Brands, who in 1975, at the age of 18, staged the famous Cologne concert by jazz musician Keith Jarrett...
Stars: Hans Meyer, Max Morel, Bernadette Lafont, Brigitte Catillon, Joe Petruzzi
Following the anthropological journey of John Anderson, an ordinary jazz enthusiast who travels from his native Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris to meet jazz icon Billy Cross.
