20 movies like Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer, ordered by similarity : Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami(2017), Buena Vista Social Club(1999), Wheeler(2017), It Might Get Loud(2008), Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits(2017), Jazz on a Summer's Day(1959), A Tuba to Cuba(2018), Amy(2015), Avicii: True Stories(2017), Two Trains Runnin'(2016), Bad Reputation(2018), Berlin(2007) ...
7.9/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2007
93 Minutes
Anita O'Day Buddy Bregman Leonard Feather Will Friedwald Russell Garcia Johnny Mandel
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A tribute to jazz diva Anita O'Day, completed just weeks before her death in November 2006.
6.2/10
Documentary, Music
Ireland|UK
2017
116 Minutes
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Larger than life, wild, scary and androgynous - Grace Jones plays all these parts. Yet here we also discover her as a lover, daughter, mother, sister and even grandmother, as she submits ... See full summary »
7.7/10
Documentary, Music
Germany|USA|UK|France|Cuba
1999
101 Minutes
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Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
5.9/10
Drama, Music
USA
2017
100 Minutes
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An aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music.
7.6/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2008
97 Minutes
The Edge Jimmy Page Jack White Dallas Schoo
musician guitarist singer inspiring creative cool soundstage tennessee household england hall music guitar meeting performance discovery rise 2000s
A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.
7.2/10
Documentary, Music
2017
86 Minutes
Tessa Pollitt Viv Albertine Gina Birch Palmolive Don Letts Dennis Bovell
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The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
8.0/10
Documentary, Music
USA
1959
85 Minutes
Gerry Mulligan Louis Armstrong Dinah Washington Thelonious Monk Anita O'Day Chuck Berry Mahalia Jackson Danny Barcelona Urbie Green
jazz musician mahalia jackson anita o'day louis armstrong thelonious monk audience uplifting creative playful newport, r.i. stage festival jazz concert performance live show music newport jazz festival discovery quest
The highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
7.4/10
Documentary, Music
Cuba|USA
2018
84 Minutes
T.G. Herrington Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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A TUBA TO CUBA follows New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have been imagined.
Documentary, Biography, Music
2015
128 Minutes
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Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
7.6/10
Documentary, Music
Sweden|Netherlands
2017
97 Minutes
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Focuses on the incredible rise, fall and rebirth of one of the worlds most successful electronic music artists of all time, Avicii.
Documentary
2016
80 Minutes
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In June of 1964, two groups of young men travel to Mississippi. Though neither group was aware of the other, each had come on the same errand: to find an old blues singer and coax him out of retirement.
7.3/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2018
95 Minutes
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Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.
7.2/10
Documentary, Music
UK|USA
2007
81 Minutes
Emmanuelle Seigner Lou Reed Anohni Brooklyn Youth Chorus Rob Wasserman Steve Hunter
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Lou Reed's 2006 live concert performance of his 1973 concept album "Berlin", filmed over five nights at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York.
7.2/10
Documentary
USA
2005
110 Minutes
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MAKE IT FUNKY! tells the story of New Orleans through words, sound and picture in this extraordinary documentary featuring the best of New Orleans' musicians, plus special guests Ahmet Ertegun, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Richards.
1.6/10
Documentary, Kids & Family, Music
USA
2009
86 Minutes
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A 3-D concert film of the 2008 Jonas Brothers "Burning Up" concert tour, as well as documentary footage on the lives of the three brothers.
7.7/10
Documentary, Music
UK
2019
94 Minutes
Jacob Anderson Eddie Amoo Chris Amoo Dave Smith Billy Ocean Kim Wilde David Essex Trevor Nelson Paul Barber Louis Emerick
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Dubbed 'the black Beatles' by the British tabloids, the 'other' four lads from Liverpool recount their incredible story from the tough streets of Toxteth to the bright lights of New York.
7.5/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2019
83 Minutes
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Live concert performance of Bruce Springsteen singing songs from his album 'Western Stars'.
Documentary, Music
2018
90 Minutes
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Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, Stephen Loveridge creates an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician known as M.I.A.
7.2/10
Biography, Documentary, Music
UK
2006
96 Minutes
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A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
7.5/10
Comedy, Drama, Music
USA|UK|France
2013
104 Minutes
Oscar Isaac Ethan Coen Carey Mulligan John Goodman Garrett Hedlund F. Murray Abraham Justin Timberlake Ethan Phillips Robin Bartlett Max Casella Jerry Grayson
musician singer-songwriter music producer mogul confident engaging passionate greenwich village new york city club stage chicago folk music struggle success social event rise 1960s
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Drama, Music, Documentary, History
2006
100 Minutes
Lucky Lehrer Vic Bondi Joe Keithley Keith Morris Angie Sciarappa Nancy Barile
musician friend teenager songwriter gritty los angeles new york city church chicago concert stage washington, d.c. punk rock racism politics violence rebellion fall rise 1980s
Filmmaker Paul Rachman recalls the 1980s American punk-rock movement and features interviews and performance footage with such bands as Black Flag and Circle Jerks.
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