Here we've displayed a list of the best Jazz films : Jazz on a Summer's Day(1959), Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got(1985), Let's Get Lost(1989), Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser(1988), A Tuba to Cuba(2018), A Great Day in Harlem(1994), I Called Him Morgan(2016), The Five Pennies(1959), Make It Funky!(2005), Last of the Mississippi Jukes(2003), Young Man With a Horn(1950), Sapphire(1959) ... ...
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.
7.9/10
Documentary
Canada
1985
114 Minutes
Artie Shaw Helen Forrest Mel Torme Evelyn Keyes Polly Haynes John Wexley
clarinetist ex-wife band leader actress singer musician fascinating uplifting new york city los angeles connecticut pennsylvania spain jazz marriage anti-semitism world war ii artie shaw fame love
Documentary cataloging the life and music of the band leader and clarinetist, Artie Shaw.
7.9/10
Documentary
USA
1989
119 Minutes
Chet Baker Carol Baker Ruth Young Diane Vavra Dick Bock Lawrence Trimble
musician drug addict former lover friend daughter associate engaging striking santa monica, calif. cannes, france jazz drug addiction life family discovery 1950s
Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's ... See full summary »
7.6/10
Documentary
USA
1988
89 Minutes
pianist drummer friend son manager mistress cool creative new york city jazz club recording studio europe thelonious monk jazz transformation quest 1980s
A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Sphere Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with friends and family about the offbeat genius.
7.4/10
Documentary, Music
Cuba|USA
2018
84 Minutes
T.G. Herrington Preservation Hall Jazz Band
jazz musician friend band member confident cool endearing engaging inspiring cuba new orleans music heritage jazz connections adventure discovery 2010s
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.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA
1994
60 Minutes
Quincy Jones Dizzy Gillespie Sonny Rollins Buck Clayton Art Blakey Hank Jones Art Farmer Johnny Griffin Milt Hinton Chubby Jackson
jazz musician photographer charming engaging new york city harlem, n.y. daunting task music jazz musicians photography quest discovery 1950s
The documentary compiles interviews of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine.
7.3/10
Documentary
Sweden|USA
2016
92 Minutes
jazz musician husband wife confident cool fascinating offbeat new york city east village studio love nursing jazz drug addiction domestic violence discovery love revenge transformation sacrifice
An exploration of the relationship between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who was implicated in his murder in 1972.
7.2/10
Musical
USA
1959
117 Minutes
Danny Kaye Barbara Bel Geddes Bob Crosby Harry Guardino Susan Gordon Tuesday Weld Valerie Allen Ray Anthony Shelly Manne Bobby Troup Ray Daly
jazz musician wife louis armstrong daughter coworker bandleader spirited touching cool tender new york city san francisco los angeles jazz club family home red nichols jazz musicians polio father/daughter relationship
Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Documentary
USA
2005
110 Minutes
singer musician performer cool engaging creative spirited new orleans stage performance musical influences musicians jazz blues gospel rise transformation 2000s
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.
7.2/10
Documentary
USA
2003
90 Minutes
Bill Luckett
morgan freeman club owner singer musician music lover fascinating endearing mississippi small town bar nightclub blues jazz juke joints performance preservation adventure underdog 2000s
A stunning exploration of fading juke joint traditions at the heart of Mississippi blues culture, with Morgan Freeman.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall Doris Day Hoagy Carmichael Juano Hernandez Jerome Cowan Mary Beth Hughes Nestor Paiva Orley Lindgren Walter Reed Alex Gerry
music teacher jazz musician musician socialite engaging unrestrained jazz club lounge street jazz race relations obsession forbidden love rise sacrifice 1950s
A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
92 Minutes
Nigel Patrick Yvonne Mitchell Michael Craig Paul Massie Bernard Miles Earl Cameron Rupert Davies Yvonne Buckingham
pregnant woman fiancé brother police detective police officer cool engaging nightclub london police station apartment murder racism investigation jazz mystery quest 1950s
The murder of a young woman in London exposes deep racial tensions and prejudices inherent in the area.
7.0/10
Musical
USA
1958
116 Minutes
Elvis Presley Carolyn Jones Dolores Hart Dean Jagger Liliane Montevecchi Walter Matthau Paul Stewart Vic Morrow
singer juvenile delinquent pharmacist club owner kept woman dark tense new orleans club school apartment unemployment troubled youth graduation jazz singing father/son relationship underdog temptation love
A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime?
7.0/10
Documentary, Music
USA
1997
105 Minutes
Woody Allen Letty Aronson Dan Barrett Simon Wettenhall John Gill Greg Cohen Cynthia Sayer Eddy Davis John Doumanian Martin Konigsburg Nettie Konigsburg
filmmaker musician wife manager sister lighthearted endearing witty venice, italy paris concert hall hotel turin, italy madrid woody allen jazz touring husband/wife relationship fame adventure
Academy Award-winner Barbara Kopple directs this documentary portrait of Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Woody Allen, seen traveling with friends and fellow musicians during their New... See full summary »
6.9/10
Documentary
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Jon Fine
musician cool confident creative recording studio music jazz collaboration improvisation piano herbie hancock discovery 2000s
A film about jazz pianist Herbie Hancock.
6.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
113 Minutes
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Benny Goodman Hugh Herbert Steve Cochran Felix Bressart Louis Armstrong Charlie Barnet Lionel Hampton Tommy Dorsey
professor music teacher musician janitor singer gangster amusing lighthearted college nightclub crime jazz college writing entertainment discovery rescue 1940s
With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her.
6.9/10
Romance, Drama, History, Biography, Music
Canada|UK
2015
97 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Carmen Ejogo Callum Keith Rennie Tony Nappo Janet-Laine Green Dan Lett Kedar Brown Kevin Hanchard Stephen McHattie
musician jazz musician trumpeter love interest moving emotional engaging charming brooding united states music jazz music business comeback romance biography rise 1960s
A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker's musical comeback in the late '60s.
6.9/10
Romance
USA
1989
113 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Michelle Pfeiffer Beau Bridges Ellie Raab Jennifer Tilly Xander Berkeley Dakin Matthews Ken Lerner Albert Hall Terri Treas Gregory Itzin
brother musician singer wife child dog sultry witty uneasy seattle apartment nightclub hotel siblings jazz romance ambition performance jealousy quest
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
6.8/10
Musical
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Priscilla Lane Betty Field Richard Whorf Lloyd Nolan Jack Carson Wallace Ford Howard da Silva Elia Kazan
convict jazz musician jazz singer femme fatale pianist dark quirky amusing st. louis new orleans new jersey roadhouse stage jazz ambition touring friendship scam crime rise
"Jigger' Lane forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Romance
USA
1928
75 Minutes
Corinne Griffith Louise Dresser Lowell Sherman Maude George
singer patron baroness club owner amusing charming passionate paris monte carlo, monaco romance singing love triangle disguise forbidden love jazz discovery fall rise temptation 1920s
Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually a baroness incognito. Toni falls in ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Biography
USA
1955
116 Minutes
Steve Allen Donna Reed Berta Gersten Herb Anderson Robert F. Simon Sammy Davis Sr. Dick Winslow Barry Truex David Kasday Hy Averback Wilton Graff
musician mother father critic sister heartwarming inspiring endearing chicago carnegie hall benny goodman jazz fame romantic dilemma musical performance cultural differences rise love 1930s
The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
6.7/10
Romance
USA
1961
98 Minutes
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Sidney Poitier Louis Armstrong Diahann Carroll Serge Reggiani Barbara Laage Andre Luguet Marie Versini Aaron Bridgers
jazz musician tourist expatriate love interest friend emotional intricate solemn paris nightclub eiffel tower racism performance relocation integrity jazz romantic dilemma sacrifice discovery 1960s
During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1990
127 Minutes
Denzel Washington Spike Lee Wesley Snipes Joie Lee Cynda Williams Giancarlo Esposito Robin Harris Bill Nunn Richard Williams John Turturro Ruben Blades
saxophonist trumpeter manager teacher singer friend cool brooding emotional nightclub new york city backstage street jazz club jazz power struggle love triangle debt friendship music industry
Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Ann Miller William Wright Dick Purcell Franklin Pangborn Larry Parks
disc jockey switchboard operator millionaire chauffeur station manager soldier charming witty radio station military base party office car jazz military life deception new love world war ii switched identities transformation
Beverly Ross moderates an 5:30 am radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1978
115 Minutes
Burt Young Doug McKeon Madge Sinclair Bobby Cassidy Martin Beck Jason Bernard Bert Remsen Allan Rich
musician young boy friend hotel owner emotional touching hotel hospital jazz club depression friendship grief jazz father figure cancer discovery underdog 1970s
A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles through each other's encouragement.
6.4/10
Biography, Music, Drama, History
USA
2016
96 Minutes
Don Cheadle Ewan McGregor Emayatzy Corinealdi LaKeith Stanfield Michael Stuhlbarg Austin Lyon Morgan Wolk Christina Karis
musician trumpeter journalist lover manager girlfriend muse ex-wife amusing cheeky fascinating gritty hilarious melodramatic new york new york city life life story life's work music
An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
6.4/10
Musical
USA
1941
80 Minutes
band leader trumpeter singer aunt gangster friend confident fascinating spirited new orleans household movie theater nightclub apartment boat jazz african-americans cultural differences romantic dilemma bigotry
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Documentary
Canada
2016
86 Minutes
saxophonist musician interviewee drummer bassist composer fascinating engaging inspiring confident creative spirited america mythology power of music jazz documentaries music history musicians discovery
An exploration of the seemingly mythological hold the saxophone has had on those who've played it, including Adolphe Sax, the man who invented it in 1840.
6.3/10
Musical
USA
1937
85 Minutes
Gladys Swarthout Fred MacMurray Jack Oakie Fritz Leiber Herman Bing Vivienne Osborne Frank Forest Benny Baker
musician singer grandfather club owner countess charming winsome endearing vienna consulate dance hall jazz club nightclub new york city jazz dance deception family romance business
Champagne Waltz is one of five movies produced by Paramount in the 1930s featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Musical
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Jackie Cooper Adolphe Menjou Bonita Granville George Bancroft Ted North Todd Duncan Frank Jenks Jessie Grayson Mona Barrie Lindy Wade Peggy McIntyre
singer father friend son band member coronet player confident spirited unrestrained new orleans school boat chicago club dance hall jazz performance modernization father/daughter relationship romance
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the ... See full summary »
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