Jazz Band Movies
- 2014
Whiplash
Whiplash8.3822014HD
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
- 1963
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor6.5481963HD
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game...
- 1941
Second Chorus
Second Chorus5.91941HD
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their...
- 2013
Whiplash
Whiplash7.82013HD
A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student. The short film the 2014 film was based on.
- 1981
American Pop
American Pop6.8041981HD
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing...
- 1914
Tango Tangles
Tango Tangles51914HD
In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.
- 1954
Dixieland Droopy
Dixieland Droopy6.91954HD
John Pettibone (Droopy), a dog whose love of Dixieland music is not appreciated by those around him, has a lucky meeting with Pee-Wee Runt and his...
- 2017
Chasing Trane
Chasing Trane7.32017HD
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose...
- 1945
The Crimson Canary
The Crimson Canary61945HD
Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered.
- 2023
Sparni
Sparni102023HD
It’s the second semester of junior year for Pierce “Sparni” Sparnroft, a gifted jazz vibraphonist studying at Montclair State...
- 2016
Eccentrics, the Sunny Side of the Street
Eccentrics, the Sunny Side of the Street6.12016HD
- 2010
The Sound of Freedom
The Sound of Freedom22010HD
Based on true events. USSR, 1950s. As the reach of the oppressive communist regime escalates,
- 1955
Pete Kelly's Blues
Pete Kelly's Blues6.0831955HD
In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange...
- 1985
Hey Babu Riba
Hey Babu Riba5.61985HD
In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for...
- 2024
Great Artists Steal
Great Artists Steal02024HD
Set in 1980s Melbourne, a disgraced jazz pianist attempts to get back into his former band by sabotaging his replacement.
- 1942
Jam Session
Jam Session6.081942HD
Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.
- 1934
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho6.61934HD
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington)...
- 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...
- 2016
Satie's "Parade"
Satie's "Parade"6.22016HD
A Parade for three managers and four performers. Sketchy drawings in a neatly arranged palette, involving quotes from the French composer Erik Satie,...
- 2023
Discovering Ella
Discovering Ella02023HD
The (mostly) true story of the greatest jazz drummer you've never heard of who stumbled upon a 16-year-old singer and nurtured her into a legend.