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Subgenre Sampler

Jazz & Blues: 115 Films to Buy & Rent

 
Calle 54Calle 54 (2000) Recommended
Dir. Fernando Trueba
A luxurious and overdue tribute to the charms of Latin jazz, dir. Tueba’s (BELLE EPOQUE) musical passion. Interviews with greats like Tito…
Last of the Blonde Bombshells, TheLast of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000)
Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron…
Charming light drama about a recently–widowed Judi Dench who decides to revive her saxophone playing, eventually getting the idea to reunite…
Screaming Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on MeScreaming Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on Me (2000)
Dir. Nicholas Triandafyllidis
Feat. Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Featuring dozens of confidential interviews and footage of Screamin' Jay Hawkins final live performances, this film chronicles the blues legend's…
Buena Vista Social ClubBuena Vista Social Club (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Wim Wenders
A handful of sprightly elderly Cuban musicians assembled in 1996 by guitarist Ry Cooder produced, with their soulful, melodic jazz sound, the biggest…
Ella Fitzgerald - Something to Live ForElla Fitzgerald - Something to Live For (1999) Recommended
Dir. Charlotte Zwerin
A modest and carefully selected musical 'album' of jazz singer Fitzgerald's greatest years. Not really biographical in its focus, this…
Genghis BluesGenghis Blues (1999) Recommended
Dir. Roko Belic
Absorbing, stranger–than–fiction tale of San Francisco singer Paul Pena’s passion for Tuvan ‘Throat–singing’…
Paul Robeson: Here I StandPaul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) Recommended
Dir. St. Clair Bourne
Documentary exploring the life and career of Paul Robeson, the singer, actor and political activist whose distinctive bass baritone is heard on some…
Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, TheWonderful World of Louis Armstrong, The (1999)
Produced after Ken Burns’ JAZZ, yet managing to illuminate ‘Satchmo’s’ life and times on several new levels, this artful collage of…
Great Day in Harlem, AGreat Day in Harlem, A (1998)
Dir. Jean Bach
Featuring a panorama of interviews on the 1950s heydays of Harlem jazz, this Oscar–nominated doco centres round a famous photograph of 50 odd…
SwingSwing (1998)
Dir. Nick Mead
Feat. Hugo Speer, Clarence Clemmons, Lisa Stansfield…
Thoroughly in the mould of THE COMMITMENTS, this comic celebration of how music can relieve the drudgery of life casts Hugo Speer as an incarcerated…
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