Avant Garde Jazz Movies
- 2018
Milford Graves Full Mantis
Milford Graves Full Mantis6.82018HD
Weaving blistering performance footage from Europe, Japan, and the U.S. with a sublimely restrained, intimate glimpse into a world-renowned jazz...
- 1959
The Cry of Jazz
The Cry of Jazz5.91959HD
Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's polemical essay on the politics of...
- 1970
Sonny Sharrock Band - Lucerna Hall Prague 4.10.90
Sonny Sharrock Band - Lucerna Hall Prague 4.10.9001970HD
The Sonny Sharrock Band live in Prague as part of the Knitting Factory Festival Tour of Europe 1990.
- 1986
Ornette: Made in America
Ornette: Made in America6.31986HD
Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.
- 2021
Fire Music
Fire Music72021HD
Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and '70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers - brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman,...
- 1970
John Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990
John Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 199001970HD
John Zorn: alto sax, vocals Bill Frisell: guitar Wayne Horvitz: keyboards, piano Fred Frith: bass Joey Baron: drums
- 1970
Black February: Music Is an Open Door
Black February: Music Is an Open Door01970HD
Vipal Monga's first feature-length documentary chronicles an unprecedented series of concerts performed in February 2005 by the legendary jazz...