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Music > Jazz & Blues: 86 Films to Buy & Rent
Swing Guitar - The Genius of Django Reinhardt (2006)
- Short but informative documentary about the legendary jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, who rose from obscurity as a European gypsy to become perhaps…
Make It Funky (2005)
- Dir. Michael Murphy
- A worthy documentary about the teeming musical traditions of New Orleans (made before Hurricane Katrina), which displays a firm understanding of the…
Duke Ellington - The Classic Hollywood Years (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- The legendary jazz composer, bandleader and pianist Duke Ellington featured in various Hollywood films during his career and this DVD compiles short…
Jazz Memories - The Incomparable Lena Horne (2004)
- Feat. Lena Horne
- Comprehensive documentary detailing the life and work of singer, actress and cultural icon Lena Horne, who began as a dancer in 'The Cotton Club' in…
Jazz Memories - The Legendary Nat King Cole (2004)
- Feat. Nat King Cole
- A straight–forward account of the life of the charismatic Black–American performer Nat 'King' Cole, who made significant inroads into the…
Lightning in a Bottle (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
- An effectively simple '12–bar' account of the now–famous Radio City Music Hall concert in 2003 which brought together an unprecedented…
Peggy Lee - Fever, The Music of (2004)
- A collection of clips from jazz–pop chanteuse Peggy Lee, who recorded over 1,100 masters and composed over 270 songs during a career that…
Story of Jazz, The (2004)
- Dir. Matthew Seig
- Profiling some of Jazz's pivotal figures, this film features first–hand observations of dozens of great jazz artists.
Includes Duke…
Blues Film Collection, The (Soul of a Man, Red, White and Blues, Feel Like Going Home, Godfathers and Sons, Piano Blues, The Road to Memphis, Warming by the Devil's Fire) (2003)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A lavish collection of Blues documentary features made under the auspices of Martin Scorsese.
Directed by an impressive line up of…
Get it On - The Seventies DVD Jukebox (2003)
- 22 classic tracks from the 1970's, taken from a European version of Top of the Pops. Stroll down memory lane with these great tracks:
1: Bryan…