44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 10/10
1. Brother Yusef (Nicholas Humpert, 2005) Multi-instrumentalist, best known for his tenure with Cannonball Adderley’s band, followed by a...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 9/10
1. The Church of St John Coltrane (Jeff Swimmer, 1996) "We experienced the effectual transference of the Holy Ghost through sound" ...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 8/10
1. Thelonious Monk: American Composer (Matthew Seig, 1991) "If you can sit and play a tune... in tempo. For an hour. I don't think...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 7/10
1. Türkiye'de Caz (Jazz in Turkey ) (Batu Akyol, 2013) One of the musicians cites "Take 5" as an example of a camouflaged Turkish beat...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 6/10
1. Let's Get Lost (Bruce Weber, 1988) Lofty yet sullen work from photographer Bruce Weber. It’s appropriately shot in film noir styled,...
In a Ska-Lent Way: 24 Skas & Rocksteadys of Jazz origin
1. Roland Alphonso - "Forest Flowers" (Dodd 1965) Originally Charles Lloyd "Forest Flower" (Columbia, 1964) My introduction to Studio...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 5/10
1. Who is Sonny Rollins? (Dick Fontaine, 1967) Fascinating, quite beautiful short doc. Dick Fontaine would pick up this story again in...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 4/10
1. Jackie McLean On Mars (Ken Levis, 1980) “ He is a king, man. Can’t he be a God and a king? The man’s 60. He’s been out here starving...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 3/10
1. Free The Jazz (Czabán György, 2008) This was such an obvious documentary to make that for years nobody bothered making it.Once was a...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 2/10
1. Listen Up! The Many Lives of Quincy (1990) This got panned on release. Critics hated what they saw as a failed effort at an artsy...
