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Subgenre Sampler
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)- Dir. Jack Webb
Feat. Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien… - Musical set in 1920's Kansas which blends jazz, gangsters and political corruption. Directed by and starring Jack Webb as a cornet player who is…
Young Man With a Horn (Young Man of Music) (1949)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Doris Day, Lauren Bacall… - Sharp biopic based on legendary jazz trumpeteer Bix Beiderbecke (played here by Kirk Douglas), who rose from obscurity to possess one of the most…
Glenn Miller Story, The (1945)- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong… - A creditable star–biography of the big–band leader and trombonist, which, verging on the overly sentimental, is saved by its reverance to…
Great Performances - Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis (1944-1959)- Feat. Miles Davis
- Rare archival footage of three jazz greats, comprising the following pieces: 'Jammin' the Blues' (1944) – 3 songs with Lester 'Prez' Young…
Orchestra Wives (1942)- Dir. Archie Mayo
Feat. Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari… - Swing–era musical featuring the Glenn Miller orchestra, with Miller himself playing the leader of a band. When the trumpet player…
Bachelor Lounge - A series of laidback jazz clips from the 1970s, including live and television performances by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Duke…
Songmakers Collection, The - Dir. Morgan Neville
- Documentary about the musical revolution that took place in New York's Brill Building, an office space a few blocks from Times Square dubbed "The Hit…
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