Dizzy Gillespie Movies

In this concert, recorded live London’s Royal Festival Hall in 1989, Dizzy Gillespie performs with the magical United Nation Orchestra and a...

Genre: Music

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

Willie Ruff, musician, composer, educator, filmmaker, and Yale School of Music alumnus was on the faculty of the Yale School of Music from 1971 until...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Joan Ganz Cooney

Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

Genre: Music

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

Documenting Louis Armstrong's appearance at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival.

Genre: Music

Cast: Louis Armstrong

Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz.

Genre: Music

Cast: Count Basie

This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk,...

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Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

The Stars In Concert DVD series presents the best performances of legendary artists who have secured a well-deserved place in music history. On this...

Genre: Music

Cast: Louis Armstrong

A 4 part documentary about jazz musician / actor Slim Gaillard with interviews, archival footage & performances.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Slim Gaillard

Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carl Lumbly

Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Cab Calloway

Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gilespie features two historic concerts from one of the founding fathers of bebop. Filmed 12 years apart, the 1958 concert features...

Genre: Music

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

An account of the first European tour of American jazz organist Jimmy Smith and his trio in 1965, replete with backstage footage and music.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jimmy Smith

This Easter, Billy has plans to help PJ find his first Easter egg. Dolly helps but Jeffy wants to catch the Easter Bunny. When he does, the entire...

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Cast: Anne Costello

Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Maureen Stapleton

A documentary on Dizzy Gillespie's landmark visit to Cuba and his performance at the Fifth International Jazz Festival in Havana, Cuba. Filmed in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Ralph Hertz

The picture brings interviews with the participants of the 1st São Paulo Jazz Festival that occurred in Anhembi Conventions Palace in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hermeto Pascoal

Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.

Genre: Animation

Cast: George Mathews

Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival...

Genre: Music

Cast: Count Basie

Originally broadcast on CBS April 11, 1976, under the title THE ORIGINAL ROMPIN' STOMPIN' HOT AND HEAVY, COOL AND GROOVE ALL-STAR JAZZ SHOW, this...

Genre: Music

Cast: Stan Getz

One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Dizzy Gillespie dazzled the world with his talent as one of the pioneers of be-bop and Latin jazz,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Antônio Carlos Jobim

Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro,...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Christian Vadim

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown made an outstanding and influential contribution to music. In an era when many...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sonny Rollins

Didn't We Ramble On is a documentary about the tradition of marching bands in African-American culture. It focuses particularly on the historical...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Odom Jr.

This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Oscar Peterson

This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De...

Genre: Music

Cast: Michel Legrand

Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

A documentary on the music of Miles Davis which contains concert footage from the 1986 New Orleans Jazz Festival and interviews with Miles Davis,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Bill Cosby

Dizzy Gillespie is one of the major figures of the 20th Century's music scene. Everything was once said or written about this genius musician,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jimmy Heath

Anthology of six short films, including: Dizzy Gillespie Chicken Real Cigarette Blues God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance ...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sonny Rhodes

The Monterey Jazz Festival was established in 1958 by impressario Jimmy Lyons who has hosted an enormous amount of music at this idyllic location....

Genre: Music

Cast: Bill Evans

A filmed variety show featuring the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra with special guests.

Genre: Music

Cast: Dizzy Gillespie

Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Quincy Jones

In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pierre Tissot

All-Star concert recorded at Lincoln Center in 1982 -- Featuring Max Roach, Jon Faddis, John Lewis and Milt Jackson.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Max Roach

In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Patrice Lumumba

Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of...

Genre: Music

Cast: Cat Anderson

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Rebecca Front