Story of Jazz, The

Aroview: Profiling some of Jazz's pivotal figures, this film features first-hand observations of dozens of great jazz artists.

Includes Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis with John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Buck Clayton, Illinois Jacquet, Tony Bennett, Lester Bowie, Zilner Randolph, Bud Freeman, Randy Weston, Carmen McRae, Billy Taylor, Jay McShann, Roy Haynes and Wynton Marsalis and features newly discovered early footage of historical performances.