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Jazz Recordings:

Lost sounds

Publisher: St. Joseph, IL. : Archeophone Records, p2005.

Recorded: Recorded 1891-1922.

Harlem stride piano

Author: Johnson, James P. 1894-1955.

Publisher: Paris : EPM, p1992.

Performer: James P. Johnson, piano ; solo and with various ensembles.

Recorded: Recorded 1921-1929, chiefly in New York City.

Blue boogie

Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Blue Note, p1999.

Performer: Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, James P. Johnson, Sammy Benskin, Art Hodes, Earl Hines, Art Tatum, piano ; with others.

Recorded: Recorded between 1939 and 1949.

Steppin' on the gas

Sissle & Blake's Shuffle along

Sweet and low blues

Rhapsodies in black

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Rhino, p2000.

Performer: Music performed by Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson, Paul Robeson, Leadbelly, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Sidney Bechet, Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday, and others.

Recorded: Recorded 1918-34 (music) and 1999-2000 (readings)

From spirituals to swing

Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Vanguard Records, p1999.

Performer: Various performers.

Recorded: Recorded in concert at Carnegie Hall Dec. 23, 1938 and Dec. 24, 1939; additional recording in the studio on June 3, 1938.

Jazz Masters

Publisher: New York : A*Vision Entertainment, c1990.

Format: VHS format.

Drawn from vintage American television, this collection brings together some of the greatest jazz artists of the 1950's and 1960's.

Mary Lou Williams, 1927-1940

Author: Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981

Publisher: [Europe] : Classics, [1992]

Performer: Mary Lou Williams, chiefly piano, in solos and with various ensembles.

The women : classic female jazz artists 1939-1952

Publisher: [S.l.] : Bluebird, p1990.

Performer: Featuring Alberta Hunter, Una Mae Carlisle, vocals ; Hazel Scott, piano and vocals ; Mary Lou Williams, piano ; and various other female jazz artists.

Recorded: Recorded 1932-1955, New York City; July 1940 and July and Sept. 1946, Hollywood, Calif.; and Nov. 24, 1931, Chicago; most selections previously released as 78 rpm discs.

Dizzy Gillespie big band

Author: Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.

Publisher: New York : Verve, p1992.

Performer: Dizzy Gillespie ; featuring Quincy Jones, Lee Morgan, Joe Gordon, Benny Golson and Billy Mitchell.

Recorded: Recorded between 1956 and 1957.

The hawk flies high

Author: Hawkins, Coleman.

Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Riverside, p1987.

Performer: Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophone ; Idrees Sulieman, trumpet ; J.J. Johnson, trombone ; Hank Jones, piano ; Barry Galbraith, guitar ; Oscar Pettiford, bass ; Jo Jones, drums.

Recorded: Recorded in New York, Mar. 12 and 15, 1957.

Moanin'

Author: Blakey, Art, 1919-1990.

Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Blue Note, p1999.

Performer: Art Blakey, drums ; Lee Morgan, trumpet ; Benny Golson, tenor sax ; Bobby Timmons, piano ; Jymie Merritt, bass.

Recorded: Recorded on Oct. 30, 1958 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey.

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers live in '58

Publisher: [San Diego, CA] : Reelin' in the Years Productions, c2006.

Format: DVD.

Filmed in Belgium in 1958 with one of the finest lineups in the history of jazz - Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt, Benny Golson, and the legendary trumpet player, Lee Morgan.

Africaine

Author: Blakey, Art, 1919-1990

Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Blue Note, p1998.

Performer: Art Blakey, drums ; Jazz Messengers (Lee Morgan, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone; Walter Davis, Jr., piano; Jymie Merritt, bass; Dizzy Reece, congas (1st, 4th works))

Recorded: Recorded Nov. 10, 1959, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

The beat generation

Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Rhino/Word Beat, p1992.

Performer: Various performers.

Recorded: Recorded between 1946 & 1977.

Percussion bitter sweet

Author: Roach, Max, 1924-2007

Publisher: New York : Impulse!, p1993.

Performer: Max Roach, drums; Booker Little, trumpet; Julian Priester, trombone ; Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute; Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone; Mal Waldron, piano; Art Davis, bass; Carlos "Potato" Valdez, conga, Carlos "Totico" Eugenio, cowbell (on 1st, 3rd, and 6th works); Abbey Lincoln, vocal (on 1st and 5th works)

Recorded: Recorded Aug. 1961, New York City.

Abbey is blue

Author: Lincoln, Abbey.

Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Riverside, c1987.

Performer: Abbey Lincoln, vocals, with Julian Priester, trombone ; Stanley Turrentine, tenor saxophone ; Kenny Dorham, Tommy Turrentine, trumpets ; Les Spann, flute, guitar ; Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton, Phil Wright, piano ; Bobby Boswell, Sam Jones, bass ; Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, drums.

Recorded: Recorded in New York, Spring and Fall, 1959.

Blue gardenia

Author: Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963.

Publisher: New York : Verve : 1995.

Performer: Dinah Washington, vocals, with various accompaniment.

Recorded: Recorded between 1954 and 1961.

Misty

Author: Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990.

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Mercury, p1990.

Performer: Sarah Vaughan, vocals, accompanied by orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones (1st-11th work) ; Sarah Vaughan, vocals, accompanied by string orchestra featuring the Sevend Saaby Choir, Robert Farnon (arr,cond) Quincy Jones (1dr) (12th-23rd work)

Recorded: Recorded in Paris, July, 1958 (nos.1-11), and in Copenhagen October 12, 1963 (nos.12-23)

The black saint and the sinner lady

Author: Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979.

Publisher: New York : Impulse!, p1995.

Performer: Charles Mingus, double bass, piano ; with ensemble.

Recorded: Recorded Jan. 20, 1963 in New York.

Passions of a man

Weary blues

Author: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.

Publisher: New York : PolyGram Records, p1990.

Performer: Langston Hughes, narrator ; Red Allen, trumpet ; Vic Dickerson, trombone ; Sam (The Man) Taylor, tenor saxophone, clarinet ; Al Williams, piano ; Milt Hinton, bass ; Osie Johnson, drums (Tracks 1-7) ; Horace Parlan, piano, leader ; Jimmy Knepper, trombone ; Shafi Hadi, tenor saxophone ; Charles Mingus, bass ; Kenny Dennis, drums (Tracks 8-15)

Recorded: Recorded March, 1958, New York City.

Charles Mingus

Publisher: [San Diego, CA] : Reelin' in the Years Productions ; 2007.

Performer: Charles Mingus, bass ; Eric Dolphy, alto sax, flute, bass clarinet ; Clifford Jordan, tenor sax ; Johnny Coles, trumpet (in the Norway and Sweden concerts) ; Jaki Byard, piano ; Dannie Richmond, drums.

Format: DVD; Dolby digital mono.; all regions.

Jazz in silhouette

Author: Sun Ra.

Publisher: Conshohocken, PA : Evidence Music, c1991.

Performer: Sun Ra and his Arkestra: Sun Ra, piano; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone; Pat Patrick, baritone saxophone and flute; Ronnie Boykins, double bass; Marshall Allen, alto saxophone and flute; Charles Davis, baritone saxophone; Hobart Dotson, trumpet; James Spaulding, alto saxophone and flute; William Cochran, drums.

Recorded: Recorded in 1958 at El Saturn Studio, Chicago.

Holiday for soul dance

Author: Sun Ra.

Publisher: Conshohocken, Penn. : Evidence, p1991.

Performer: Sun Ra, piano ; John Gilmore tenor saxophone ; Astro-Infinity Arkestra.

Recorded: Recorded 1968-1969.

Sun Ra and his myth-science Arkestra

Publisher: New York, NY : Rhapsody Films, [1990], c1984.

Production: Produced by Hubert Niogret ; subtitles, Cinetitres-L.T.C., translation, Valérie Malvoux; container notes by Michael Shope.

Documents performances and rehearsals in Paris, France, 1984. Includes the compositions Love in outer space, Nuclear war, and 1984 by Sun Ra and the standards Tea for two and Blue Lou, as well as interviews with Sun Ra and Archie Shepp.

The heavyweight champion

Author: Coltrane, John, 1926-1967.

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Rhino, p1995.

Performer: John Coltrane, tenor and soprano saxophone ; with Milt Jackson, vibes ; Hank Jones, piano ; Paul Chambers, bass ; Connie Kay, drums (disc 1), Cedar Walton, piano ; Paul Chambers, bass ; Lex Humphries, drums (disc 1), Tommy Flanagan, piano, Paul Chambers, bass ; Art Taylor drums (disc 2), Wynton Kelly, piano ; Paul Chambers, bass ; Jimmy Cobb, drums (disc 2-3), Don Cherry, trumpet ; Charlie Haden, bass ; Ed Blackwell or Percy Heath, drums (disc 3), McCoy Tyner, piano ; Steve Davis, bass ; Elvin Jones, drums (discs 4-6), ; Eric Dolphy, flute, alto saxophone ; Freddie Hubbard, trumpet ; McCoy Tyner, piano ; Art Davis or Reggie Workman, bass ; Elvin Jones, drums (disc 6)

Recorded: Recorded Jan., 1959-Oct. 1960 at Atlantic Studios, New York. Originally released 1960-1975 as: Giant steps, Coltrane jazz, My favorite things, Bags & Trane, Ole ́Coltrane, Coltrane plays the blues, Coltrane's sound, The avant-garde, The Coltrane legacy, Alternate takes.

John Coltrane

Publisher: [San Diego, CA] : Reelin' in the Years Productions ; c2007.

Format: DVD, all regions; Dolby Digital mono.

Three concerts, filmed in Germany in 1960 and 1961, and Belgium in 1965.

The complete Bitches brew sessions

Doo-bop

Author: Davis, Miles.

Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Bros. Records, p1992.

Performer: Miles Davis, trumpet ; supporting musicians.

Recorded: Recorded and mixed during 1991 in New York City.

Maiden voyage

1 + 1

Author: Hancock, Herbie, 1940-

Publisher: New York : PolyGram : p1997.

Performer: Herbie Hancock, acoustic piano ; Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone.

Recorded: Recorded at Garage Sale Studios, Los Angeles.

Renaissance

Author: Marsalis, Branford.

Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia, p1987.

Performer: Branford Marsalis, tenor and soprano saxophones ; Kenny Kirkland or Herbie Hancock, piano ; Bob Hurst or Buster Williams, bass ; Tony Williams, drums.

Recorded: Recorded at Paramount Stage M, Los Angeles, Jan. 26-28, 1987 (principally); 3rd work recorded Dec. 31, 1986, at RCA Studio A, NYC; 7th work recorded live at Concerts By The Sea, Jan. 25, 1987.

Black codes (from the underground)

Author: Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-

Publisher: New York : Columbia, p1985.

Performer: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet ; Branford Marsalis, soprano or tenor saxophone ; Jeff (Tain) Watts, drums ; Charnett Moffett, Ron Carter (5th work), double bass ; Kenny Kirkland, piano.

Recorded: Recorded at RCA Studio A on Jan. 7-11, 14, 1985.

Blood on the fields

Author: Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-

Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia, p1997.

Performer: Performed by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra; Wynton Marsalis, conductor, trumpet; with vocalists Jon Hendricks and Cassandra Wilson.

Recorded: Recorded in the Grand Hall of the Masonic Grand Lodge, Jan. 22-25, 1995.

From the plantation to the penitentiary

Author: Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-

Publisher: New York, NY : Blue Note, p2007.

Performer: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet ; Walter Blanding, tenor and soprano saxophones ; Dan Nimmer, piano ; Carlos Henriquez, bass ; Ali Jackson, Jr., drums ; Jennifer Sanon, vocals.

Recorded: Recorded June 28-29, 2006, at Right Track Studio A509, New York, NY.

Foundations

Author: Jarrett, Keith.

Publisher: Los Angeles : Rhino, p1994.

Performer: Keith Jarrett, piano, electric piano, vocals, recorder, steel drum, congas, soprano saxophone ; with accompanying musicians and ensembles.

Recorded: Recorded 1966-1971.

Paris concert

Author: Jarrett, Keith.

Publisher: Münchem : ECM, p1990.

Performer: Keith Jarrett, piano.

Extensions

Author: Dave Holland Quartet.

Publisher: New York, New York : ECM, p1990.

Performer: Dave Holland Quartet (Dave Holland, double bass ; Steve Coleman, alto saxophone ; Kevin Eubanks, guitar ; Marvin "Smitty" Smith, drums)

Recorded: Recorded Sept. 1989, Power Station, New York.

Officium

Author: Hilliard Ensemble.

Publisher: München : ECM, p1994.

Performer: Hilliard Ensemble (David Jones, countertenor ; Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, tenors ; Gordon Jones, baritone) ; Jan Garbarek, soprano and tenor saxophones.

Recorded: Recorded Sept. 1993, in Propstei St. Gerold.

Star

Publisher: München : ECM Records, p1991.

Performer: Jan Garbarek, soprano and tenor saxophones ; Miroslav Vitous, double-bass ; Peter Erskine, drums.

Recorded: Recorded January, 1991.

New directions in Europe

Author: DeJohnette, Jack.

Publisher: [München] : ECM, [1990?], p1980.

Performer: Jack DeJohnette, drums, piano ; Lester Bowie, trumpet ; John Abercrombie, guitar, mandolin guitar ; Eddie Gomez, bass.

Recorded: Recorded in concert June 1979, Willisau, Switzerland.

Grazing dreams

Author: Walcott, Collin.

Publisher: München : ECM, [198-],

Performer: Collin Walcott, sitar, tabla ; John Abercrombie, electric and acoustic guitar, electric mandolin ; Don Cherry, trumpet, wood flute, doussn' gouni ; Palle Danielsson, bass ; Dom Um Romao, berimbau, chica, tambourine, percussion.

Recorded: Recorded February 1977 at Talent Studio, Oslo.

Slide show

Author: Towner, Ralph.

Publisher: Burbank, CA : ECM, p1986.

Performer: Ralph Towner, guitar ; Gary Burton, vibraphone, marimba.

Night-Glo

Author: Bley, Carla.

Publisher: Burbank, CA : Watt/ECM, 1985.

Performer: Steve Swallow, bass ; Carla Bley, organ, synthesizers ; Larry Willis, piano, electric piano ; Hiram Bullock, guitar ; Victor Lewis, drums ; Manola Badrena, percussion ; Paul McCandless, oboe, english horn, saxophones, bass clarinet ; Randy Brecker, trumpet, fluegelhorn ; John Clark, french horn ; Tom Malone, trombone ; David Taylor, bass trombone.

In the year of the dragon

Author: Allen, Geri.

Publisher: West Germany : JMT, 1989.

Performer: Geri Allen, piano ; Charlie Haden, bass ; Paul Motian, drums with accompaniment.

The third decade

Author: Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Publisher: New York : ECM Records, 1985.

Performer: Lester Bowie; Joseph Jarman; Roscoe E. Mitchell; Malachi Favors Maghostut; Famoudou Don Moye.

Jazz videos:

Jazz

Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; c2004.

Production: Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns.

Format: DVD.

The history of jazz from its roots in the African-American community of New Orleans to its heights and continuing presence.

Louis Armstrong and his orchestra, 1942-1965

Publisher: Rahway, N.J. : Jazz Classics/Amvest Video ; 1986.

Performer: Sidney Catlett, Velma Middleton, Louis Russell, Buster Bailey, Buddy Catlett, George Washington.

Production: Art director, Bill Morris.

Format: VHS format.

Louis Armstrong live in '59

Publisher: [San Diego, CA] : Reelin' in the Years Productions, c2006.

Format: DVD.

Filmed in Belgium in 1959 features many of Satchmo's greatest songs.

Satchmo

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : CBS Music Video Enterprises, 1989.

Performer: Hattie Winston.

Production: Written by Gary Giddins ; directed by Gary Giddens with Kendrick Simmons.

Format: VHS format.

With over a dozen of his classic performances ranging from 1932 to the late sixties, Satchmo includes excerpts from Pennies from Heaven, Betty Boop cartoon, Going places, Jam session, New Orleans with Billie Holiday, High Society with Bing Crosby, and Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand. Also included are live concerts with Dizzy Gillespie, and Jack Teagarden and the All Stars. The film also presents on-camera interviews with Arvell Shaw, Tony Bennett, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Brubeck and other musicians.

Minnie the moocher

Publisher: [S.l.] : MPI Home Video, 1988.

Performer: Cab Calloway.

Take a tour of the Harlem night clubs of the 1930's and 1940's. There you will meet and hear stars whose careers were developed in these clubs-Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Count Basie, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and your host, Cab Calloway.

Music and comedy masters

Publisher: [Burbank, Calif.?] : Hollywood's Attic, [199-?]

Format: VHS.

Cabin in the sky

Publisher: [New York] : MGM/UA Home Video, [1985]

Performer: Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram, Kenneth Spencer.

Production: Screenplay, Joseph Schrank ; director, Vincente Minnelli ; producer, Arthur Freed.

Petunia Jackson, a poor but devout woman, is burdened with a shiftless husband called Little Joe. When Little Joe is seriously wounded in a fight and seems about to die, the forces of heaven and hell begin a battle for his soul.

Black boogie woogie blues

Publisher: [San Francisco] : The Video Beat, [2004?]

Performer: Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, Sammy Davis, Jr., Stepin Fetchit, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Coleman Hawkins, Cab Calloway, and others.

Format: DVD NTSC.

Musical shorts featuring some of the best known works of Afro-American musicians and early rhythm & blues and group harmony soundies and telescriptions.

Hollywood rhythm

Publisher: New York, NY : Kino on Video, c1997.

Format: VHS.

"31 complete mini-musicals"--Set container.

Bird

Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [1989]

Performer: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright.

Production: Producer/director, Clint Eastwood ; writer, Joel Oliansky ; music score, Lennie Niehaus ; director of photography, Jack N. Green ; production design by Edward C. Carfagno.

Format: VHS format; Hi-fi stereo; Digitally processed.

The life of legendary jazz musician Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, directed and produced by jazz fan, Clint Eastwood. The film uses actual recordings by Parker with the original backgrounds removed and new accompaniment added by modern musicians attuned to his improvisations.

Celebrating Bird

Author: Giddins, Gary.

Publisher: [United States?] : T. Byron/Multiprises : c1987.

Format: VHS format.

Parker, a virtuoso saxophonist, nicknamed Bird, created a new style of jazz before his death at 34, and won equal fame as the king of the hipsters. Parker's life is traced from Kansas City, Kansas where he was born in 1920, to his ascendancy as a pioneer in the New York jazz scene of the 1950's. Features film clips, silent footage, and interviews with Rebecca Parker Davis, Leonard Feather, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Haynes, Jay McShann, Frank Morgan, Chan Parker, and Roy Porter.

Thelonious Monk, straight no chaser

Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 1990.

Performer: Thelonious Monk.

A wide-ranging documentary that aims to put Monk's status into context and perspective. It blends the history of Monk's early career in Harlem with archival black-and-white footage of the pianist performing his own compositions for Norwegian and French TV.

Thelonious Monk

Publisher: New York : BMG Video, 1993, c1991.

Performer: Thelonious Monk, with Randy Weston, Billy Taylor, Ben Riley, Orrin Keepnews, Thelonious Monk, Jr., Marion White, Barry Harris.

Production: Producers, Toby Byron and Richard Saylor ; director, Matthew Seig ; writer, Quincy Troupe.

Format: VHS format.

A fully rounded portrait of the musician and composer, Thelonious Monk, including clips of international performances and interviews with artists and producers.

Thelonious Monk live in '66

Publisher: [San Diego, CA] : Reelin' In the Years, c2006.

Format: DVD.

Thelonious Monk revolutionized jazz with his innovative musical approach--filmed in Norway and Denmark in 1966 with the Thelonious Monk Quartet.

The NY beat generation show.

Publisher: [New York, NY] : Thin Air Video, 1995.

Performer: Panel: Ann Charters, Carolyn Cassady, Joyce Johnson, Hettie Jones, Jan Kerouac, Joanne Kyger.

Production: Videographer, Mitch Corber ; music, David Amram.

Format: VHS format.

A panel discussion by women authors who were involved in the "beat generation" of the late 50's and 60's. Panel includes: Ann Charters, Carolyn Cassady, Joyce Johnson, Hettie Jones, Jan Kerouac, and Joanne Kyger. Also includes interviews with Pam Grossman and J.M. Theisen.

The NY beat generation show.

Publisher: New York, NY : Thin Air Video, 1995.

Performer: David Amram, Allen Ginsberg, Art D'Lugoff, Michael McClure, Ray Manzarek, Ted Joans, Terry Southern.

Production: Music, David Amram Quartet.

Format: VHS format.

A video dedicated to the talented post-WWII musicians and writers who forged the spirit of the Beats. Ray Manzarek and poet Michael McClure perform the hypnotic 17-minute Deep Behavior; Ray goes on to discuss his musical life-journey. Composer David Amram and his Quartet collaborate with Allen Ginsberg (Put Down Your Cigarette Rag) and Ted Joans (Ode to Bird Parker), and the late screenwriter Terry Southern. Concludes with Art D'Lugoff tracing numerous folk and jazz developments of the 50's and 60's.

The sound of jazz

Publisher: [Canada] : Vintage Jazz Classics, c1990.

Performer: Red Allen, Thelonius Monk, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Giuffre.

Format: VHS format.

Live performances of classic jazz musicians.

Duke Ellington

Publisher: [San Diego, CA] : Reelin' in the Years Productions ; c2007.

Performer: Features the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

Format: DVD; Dolby digital mono; all regions.

Art Blakey, the jazz messenger

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Rhapsody Films, 1988.

Performer: Art Blakey, with various bands.

Format: VHS format.

A celebration of Art Blakey's past and present commitment to the future of jazz music.

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers live in '58

Publisher: [San Diego, CA] : Reelin' in the Years Productions, c2006.

Format: DVD.

Filmed in Belgium in 1958 with one of the finest lineups in the history of jazz - Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt, Benny Golson, and the legendary trumpet player, Lee Morgan.

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Publisher: W. Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c1982.

Performer: Art Blakey, drums ; Wynton Marsalis, trumpet, music director ; Donald Brown, piano ; Charles Fambrough, bass ; Branford Marsalis, tenor sax ; Bill Pierce, baritone sax.

Production: Host/writer, Willis Conover.

Format: VHS format.

Art Blakey appears with Wynton and Branford Marsalis in the 1982 concert at the Smithsonian Institution.

John Coltrane

Publisher: [San Diego, CA] : Reelin' in the Years Productions ; c2007.

Format: DVD, all regions; Dolby Digital mono.

Three concerts, filmed in Germany in 1960 and 1961, and Belgium in 1965.

The Coltrane legacy

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Video Artists International, c1985.

Performer: John Coltrane, Miles Davis Quartet, Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison.

Rare footage from 1959-1964 of John Coltrane and his quartet and interviews with musicians who played with him: Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Cobb. Features: So what, Everytime we say goodbye, Alabama, and more.

The world according to John Coltrane

Publisher: [New York, NY] : BMG, 2002.

Performer: Roscoe Mitchell, Rasheid [i.e. Rashied] Ali, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Heath, Wayne Shorter, La Monte Young, members of the Aissaoua Brotherhood.

Format: DVD.

Interviews with jazz musicians commenting on the impact John Coltrane, an innovative tenor saxophonist, had on American jazz music.

Charles Mingus

Publisher: [San Diego, CA] : Reelin' in the Years Productions ; 2007.

Format: DVD; Dolby digital mono.; all regions.

Charles Mingus

Publisher: Newton, NJ : Shanachie Entertainment Corp., 1998.

Performer: Dannie Richmond, Britt Woodman, Gunther Schuller, John Handy, Don Butterfield, George Adams, Snooky Young, Jerome Richardson, Kimmy Knepper, Eddie Bert, Jack Walrath, Randy Brecker, Levy Soloff, Wynton Marsalis, Sue Mingus, Celia Mingus Zaentz, Dorian Mingus, Brian Priestly, Andrew Homzy.

Format: VHS.

Documentary of African American jazz bassist, bandleader and composer Charles Mingus.

Mingus

Publisher: New York, NY : Rhapsody Films, c1990.

Production: Photography, Lee Osborne, Mike Wadley; still photography, Charles Stewart, Robert Parent; edited, Richard Clarke, Mars Potamkin, Thomas Reichman; music & poetry, Charles Mingus [with] Lonnie Hillyer, Walter Bishop, John Gilmore, Danny Richmond, Charles McPherson.

Stations of the elevated

Publisher: New York : Rhapsody Films, c1990, c1980.

Production: Music by Charles Mingus.

A view of subway graffiti which shows the tension and decay of the locale.

Sun Ra and his myth-science Arkestra

Publisher: New York, NY : Rhapsody Films, [1990], c1984.

Production: Produced by Hubert Niogret ; subtitles, Cinetitres-L.T.C., translation, Valérie Malvoux; container notes by Michael Shope.

Space is the place

Publisher: New York : Plexifilm, c2003.

Performer: Sun Ra, Ray Johnson, Christopher Brooks, Barbara Deloney.

Production: Screenplay, Joshua Smith ; produced by James Newman ; directed by John Coney ; Music arranged, composed and conducted by Sun Ra.

Format: DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

Sun Ra, space-age prophet, lands his spaceship, having been presumed lost in space for a few years. Like Ra himself, Space is the Place is one of a kind, a mythopoetic manifesto made by people who believed in Ra's mystical message as much as they dug the raw splendor of his Afro-psychedelica.

Sun Ra, a joyful noise

Publisher: New York : Rhapsody Films, c1986.

Performer: Featuring Sun Ra and his Arkestra.

Production: Photography: Lawrence McConkey; Sound: William Barth.

Sun Ra - bandleader, keyboardist, composer and self-made myth - performs and philosophizes. Mr. Ra's Intergalactic Omniverse Arkestra performs in elaborate costumes, ritual, and theatrical glitter. Includes blues, swing, modal chants, quasi-African drumming, and electronic music.

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