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MUSICIANS (listed alhabetically
by first name)
This page contains the film scope of the leading jazz
musicians in the history of jazz. This is a recent addition to jazz on
film and is still being built. Some of jazz' greatest figures never appeared
on film and others such as Charlie Parker only have a few minutes of screen
time to their name.
At present the following jazzers are featured on this page, but is being
added to, on a regular basis. (F) FEATURE FILM • (D) DOCU •
(STO) SOUND TRACK ONLY. See these pages for more details on films
ART PEPPER
See Art Pepper on docu page
ART TATUM
THE FABULOUS DORSEYS (F)
USA 1947 • 87 mins • Directed by Alfred Green
BENNY CARTER
SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (F)
USA • 1952 • 114 mins • Directed by Henry King
BENNY GOODMAN
BIG BROADCAST OF 1937 (F)
USA 1936 • 99 mins • Directed by Mitchell Leisen
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL (F)
USA 1937 • 101 mins • Directed by Busby Berkeley
POWERS GIRL (F)
USA 1942 • 94 mins • Directed by Norman Z. Mcleod
BENNY GOODMAN STORY (STO)
USA 1955 • 116 mins • Directed by Valentine Davies
No Goodman in this bio but he did all the ghosting for Steve Allen
SYNCOPATION
USA 1942 • 88 mins • Directed by William Dieterle
A SONG IS BORN
USA 1948 • 112 mins • Directed by Howard Hawks
BENNY GOODMAN; ADVENTURES IN THE KINGDOM OF SWING (D)
USA 1993 • 60 MINS • Directed by Oren Jacoby
BENNY GOODMAN IN THE SOVIET UNION (C)
RUSSIA 1962 • 18 mins
BEN WEBSTER
See Ben Webster on docu page
BILLIE HOLIDAY
NEW ORLEANS (F)
USA 1947 • 90 mins • Directed by Arthur Lubin
LADY SINGS THE BLUES (F)
USA 1972 • 144 mins • Directed by Sidney Furie
LADY DAY ;The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (D)
USA 1991 • 60 mins • Directed by Mathew Sieg
LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL
USA 1994 • 60 mins • Directed by Rochelle Calhoun
Film version of the stage play with Kimberly Herbert in the role of Holiday
BUD POWELL
See Bud Powell on Docu page
CHARLIE MINGUS
ALL NIGHT LONG (F)
UK 1961 • 95 mins • Directed Michael Relph
CHARLES MINGUS Triumph of the Underdog (D)
USA 1997 • 78 mins • Directed by Don McGlynn
CHARLIE MINGUS : JAZZ WORKSHOP IN OSLO (D)
Norway 1964 • 58 mins •
CLIFFORD BROWN
No films at present known to exist apart from a mid 50's item with the
Max Roach group, who co- led it with Clifford. To the best of my knowledge
this is not available commercially.
Coleman Hawkins
After Hours (D)
COUNT BASIE
POLICY MAN (F)
USA 1938
REVEILLE WITH BEVERLY(F)
USA 1943 • 77 mins • Directed by Charles Barton
DUKE ELLINGTON
Ellington appeared in numerous documentaries, shorts,
soundies and snaders( whie this page is being built see other pages for
details)
ANATOMY
OF A MURDER
(F)
USA 1959 • 160 mins • Directed by Otto Preminger
ASSAULT ON A QUEEN (STO)
USA 1966 • 106 mins • Directed by Jack Donohue
CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK (ABC)
USA1930 • 75 mins • Directed by Melville Brown
BELL OF THE NINETIES
USA 1934 • 70 mins • Directed by Leo McCarey
HIT PARADE OF 193
USA 1937 • 78 mins • Directed by Gus Mains
MURDER AT THE VANITIES
USA 1934 • 87 mins • Directed by Mitchell Leisen
PARIS BLUES
USA 1961 • 98 mins • Directed by Martin Ritt
REVEILLE WITH BEVERLY
USA 1943 • 77 mins • Directed by Charles Barton
CHANGE OF MIND (STO)
USA 1969 • 98 mins • Directed by Robert Stevens
FATS WALLER
STORMY WEATHER (ABC)
USA 1943 • 78 mins • Directed by Andrew Stone
GERRY MULLIGAN
THE SUBTERRANEANS (F)
USA 1960 • 1960 • Directed by Ranald MacDougal
RAT RACE (F)
USA 1960 • 100 mins • Directed by Robert Mulliga
I WANT TO LIVE (F)
USA • 1958 • 120 mins • Directed by Robert Wise
JACK TEAGARDEN
GLORY ALLEY (F)
USA 1952 • 77 mins • Directed by Raoul Wals
THE GLASS WALL (F)
USA 1953 • 80 mins • Directed by Maxwell Shane
BIRTH OF THE BLUES (F)
USA 1941 • 86 mins • Directed by Victor Schertzinger
THE STRIP (F)
USA 1951 • 86 mins • Directed by Leslie Kardos
JAZZ ON A SUMMERS DAY (D)
USA • 1960 • 90 mins • Directed by Bert Stern
(see 'Soundies' on shorts page)
LIONEL HAMPTON
MR ROCK AND ROLL (F)
USA 1957 • 74 mins • Directed by Charles Dubin
BENNY GOODMAN STORY (F)
USA 1955 • 116 mins • Directed by Valentine Davies
A SONG IS BORN (F)
USA 1948 • 112 mins • Directed by Howard Hawks
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Armstrong appeared in numerous documentaries,
shorts, soundies and snaders( whie this
page is being built see other pages for details)
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (F)
USA 1936 • 80 mins • Directed by Norman Z McLeod
ATLANTIC CITY (F)
USA 1944 • 86 mins • Directed Ray MaCarey
ARTISTS AND MODELS
USA1937 • 97 mins • Directed by Raoul Walsh
EVERYDAY’S A HOLIDAY (F)
1937 • mins • Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
BEAT GENERATION (F)
USA 1959 • 93 mins • Directed by Charles Hass
BIRTH OF THE BLUES
USA 1941 • 86 mins • Directed by Victor Schertzinger
CABIN IN THE SKY (F)
USA1942 • 99 mins • Directed by Vincente Minneli
EX-FLAME (F)
USA 1931 • 68 mins • Directed by Victor Halperin
THE FIVE PENNIES (F)
USA 1959 • 117 mins • Directed by Melville Shavelson
THE GLEN MILLER STORY (F)
USA 1953 • 116 mins • Directed by Anthony Mann
GLORY ALLEY (F)
USA 1952 • 77 mins • Directed by Raoul Walsh
GOING PLACES (F)
USA 1938 • 84 mins • Directed by Ray Enright
HERE COMES THE GROOM (F)
USA 1951 • 114 mins • Directed by Frank Capra
HIGH SOCIETY (F)
USA 1956 • 107 mins • Directed by Charles Walters
JAM SESSION (F)
USA 1944 • 74 mins • Directed by Charles Barton
LA PALOMA
Germany 1959 • 100 mins • Directed by Paul Martin
LA ROUTE DU BONHEUR (F)
FRENCH / ITALY 1952 • 92 mins • Directed by Maurice Labro
and Georgio Simonelli
A MAN CALLED ADAM (F)
USA 1966 •103 mins • Directed by Leo Penn
NEW ORLEANS (F)
USA 1947 • 90 mins • Directed by Arthur Lubin
PARIS BLUES (F)
USA 1961 • 98 mins • Directed by Martin Ritt
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (F)
USA 1936 • 80 mins • Directed by Norman Z McLeod
PILLAR TO POST (F)
USA 1945 • 96 mins • Directed by Vincent Sherman
A SONG IS BORN (F)
USA 1948 • 112 mins • Directed by Howard Hawks
THE STRIP (F)
USA 1951 • 86 mins • Directed by Leslie Kardos
WHEN THE BOYS MEET THE GIRLS (F)
USA 1966 • 97 mins • Directed by Alvin Ganzer
JAZZ ON A SUMMERS DAY (D)
USA • 1960 • 90 mins • Directed by Bert Stern
MILES DAVIS
LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD / Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud (F)
(STO)
France 1957 • 90 mins.• Directed by Louis Malle
DINGO
SCROOGED (F)
USA 1988 • 101 mins • Directed Richard Donner
MILES AHEAD
USA 1986 • 60 mins • Directed by Mark Obenhaus
Potrait of Miles Davis with most of his associates being interviewed
MILES DAVIS STORY (D)
UK 2000 • 100 mins • Directed by Mike Dibb
Comprehensive film made for UK TV
MILES DAVIS (:P)
USA 1959 • 28 mins •
Often seen footage of Miles with classic group of
Coltrane, Kelly, Chambers and Cobb
plus the Gil Evans Orchestra
MILES AND FRIENDS (D)
1991 • 60 mins
MILES ELECTRIC: A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLUE (D)
USA 2004 • 87 mins • Directed by Murray Lerner
NAT KING COLE
KILLER DILLER
USA 1948 • 80 mins • Directed by Josh Binney
Black cast film featuring Nat 'King' Cole
and the Andy Kirk Band
BREAKFAST IN HOLLYWOOD
USA 1946 • 90 mins • Directed by Harold Schuster
features the Nat 'King' Cole Trio
ST. LOUIS BLUES (F)
USA 1958 • 93 mins • Directed by Allen Reisner
(see 'Soundies' on shorts page)
SIDNET BECHET
AH! QUELLE EQUIPE (F)
France 1956 • 96mins • Directed Roland Quignon .
L’ INSPECTEUR CONNAIT LA MUSIQUE / BLUES
(F)
France 1955 • 90 mins • Directed by Robert Mariaud
SIDNEY BECHE:TREAT IT GENTLE (D)
UK 1997 • 55 mins • Directed by Alan Lewens
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