Motian in Motion

Belgian jazz is enjoying a renaissance, driven by artists mixing jazz and electronic music. Around the Volta in Brussels, groups like Echt! and Tukan...

A chronological look at the life and career of jazz musician, composer, and performer Dave Brubeck (1920-2012 ), presented through contemporary...

Jutta Hipp defied the odds and made it to the heart of the male-dominated jazz scene in 1950s New York.

The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.

Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern...

A Song For My Father is a six-minute poetic documentary that examines grief and the complicated relationship we develop with the things that once...

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...

The recording process of musician Nilufer Akdogu's Turkish jazz album Aristo'ya Inat (Against Aristotle). The film presents the musical searches...

Folk-jazz composer/arranger Arthur Verocai was born in Rio de Janeiro. He has created challenging arragements and compositions for Brazilian artists...

This concert from the Jazz legend was recorded in 1973 with a very similar line-up to the later releases Dark Magus, Agharta, and Pangaea, featuring...

In this intimate portrait—produced for a segment of National Education Television's "Black Journal" television program—legendary jazz...