Ron Carter
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Movies14
Movie6.1ComedyRomanceDuring a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.
What Happens in Vegas
2008 · 3.4K votes
Movie7.1DocumentaryHistoryAn immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · 96 votes
MovieDocumentaryMusicBajañí
2026
Movie6.1DramaCrimeA pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
Kansas City
1996 · 102 votes
Movie8.1DocumentaryA documentary about the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and its German founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. As jews they had to flee Germany and the Hitler regime in the late 1930s. In New York they wrote music history with their record label Blue Note Records.
Movie9.0DocumentaryMusicA musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the African-American community.
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
1994 · 1 votes
Movie7.2DocumentaryMusic"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label that was home to such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins. Blue Note, the most successful movie ever made about jazz, is a testimony to the passion and vision of these two men and certainly swings like the propulsive sounds that made their label so famous.
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
1997 · 8 votes
Movie7.8DocumentaryMusicElis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.
Movie7.0DocumentaryThe life and career of jazz musician Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history, featuring original concert footage and insights from jazz icons.
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
2022 · 2 votes
Movie10.0MusicDocumentaryDirect from Brazil in his last recorded performance, this DVD, Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute, features the compositions of Bossa Nova originator & music icon Antonio Carlos Jobim, joined by an international delegation of Jazz giants to recreate his classic melodies in this beautiful, concert-length 'Thank You,' hosted by renowned pianist Herbie Hancock.Composer of countless unforgettable songs, including Girl From Ipanema, Tom Jobim virtually single handedly brought the world Bossa Nova music. The esteemed pianist / vocalist is joined on stage by a cornucopia of musical legends such as Herbie Hancock, Shirley Horn, Joe Henderson, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jon Hendricks, Gal Costa, & many more in this once-in-a-lifetime concert DVD.
Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute
1995 · 1 votes
Movie7.1MusicConcert performance by 30 jazz greats from the Blue Note label, at Town Hall, New York City, February 22nd, 1985.
One Night with Blue Note
2004 · 5 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryMusicThis British documentary shows the complex layers of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, who was a major innovator in post-bop, cool jazz, hard-bop and fusion. Davis's raw-edged trumpet tones were some of the most evocative sounds ever heard. This profile captues the magnificent and mercurial artist -- one of the most identifiable and misunderstood pop icons of the 20th century -- through rare footage and interviews.
The Miles Davis Story
2001 · 3 votes
Movie6.5DocumentaryMusicA recreation of 1934 Kansas City jazz jam session created by Robert Altman.
Jazz '34
1997 · 9 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryMusicA prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries and testimonies, this documentary reveals his influence and the artistic conflicts of an avant-garde artist in the golden age of Brazilian radio.
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
2020 · 1 votes