Dizzy Gillespie Movies

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown made an outstanding and influential contribution to music. In an era when many...

The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...

A visit to the outdoor festival at Cleethorpes which hosts twelve top jazz bands.

This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk,...

As a pianist, composer and conductor, Lalo Schifrin is equally at home leading an orchestra, performing at a jazz festival or scoring a film. This...

Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.

A compilation reel of television commercials produced by Story Board Inc.

All-Star concert recorded at Lincoln Center in 1982 -- Featuring Max Roach, Jon Faddis, John Lewis and Milt Jackson.

Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation...

Didn't We Ramble On is a documentary about the tradition of marching bands in African-American culture. It focuses particularly on the historical...

A documentary that covers the life of Dizzy Gillespie.

Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants.

Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became...

A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

The history of the ocean as our most important resource.