“He’s here, don’t miss him,” director Eliane Henri says at one point in her new cinema-verité documentary Hargrove, which follows legendary trumpeter Roy Hargrove through … Read More “Hargrove Comes Home—on Roy’s Birthday”
Fire Music, Tom Surgal’s 2018 documentary about the jazz avant-garde, is finally receiving a wide release. The film will have its theatrical premiere at New … Read More “Fire Music Documentary to See National Release”
Billie, an in-depth new documentary about jazz vocalist and icon Billie Holiday, will be released in November. Produced by Greenwich Entertainment and directed by award-winning … Read More “New Billie Holiday Documentary to Open in November (VIDEO)”
Michael Murphy’s jazz-accented documentary Up from the Streets – New Orleans: The City of Music was supposed to be released the old-fashioned way this spring—in … Read More “New Orleans Music Documentary’s Virtual Release Has Local Angle”
A documentary that examines the evolution of the double bass in jazz, titled Walking the Changes: Legends of Double Bass in Jazz, is raising money … Read More “Bass Doc With Ron Carter and Dave Holland Raising Money on Kickstarter”
Avant-jazz-funk trio Medeski Martin & Wood have a new documentary coming out—Not Not Jazz—set to premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival on Oct. 4. The … Read More “Medeski Martin & Wood to Premiere New Documentary”
The highly-acclaimed documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes directed by Sophie Huber is coming to select theaters in the United States this summer. The … Read More “Video: Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes Coming to U.S. Theaters”
Producer, drummer, and MC G. Craig “Butter” Glanville has announced a crowdfunding campaign through Indiegogo “to make the most in-depth documentary on Dizzy Gillespie that … Read More “Dizzy Gillespie Documentary in the Works”
Chasing Trane – a highly-acclaimed documentary on John Coltrane – will open the new season of Independent Lens on PBS with an airing on Nov. … Read More “Chasing Trane to Open Season of Independent Lens on PBS”
“There’s a Future in the Past” hits Cinema Village Jan. 13
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