L'Andrew Neiman és un bateria jove i ambiciós. La seva carrera canvia quan en Terence Fletcher, que dirigeix el conjunt de jazz d'un conservatori de prestigi, el tria per formar part del grup. La passió de noi, combinada amb l'exigència del professor, portarà el protagonista al límit de les seves capacitats.
Mia, una jove aspirant a actriu que treballa com a cambrera mentre va a càstings, Sebastian, un pianista de jazz que es guanya la vida tocant en sòrdids tuguris, s'enamoren, però la seva gran ambició per arribar al cim en les seves carreres artístiques amenaça de separar-los.
En Joe Gardner, músic d’institut, té l’oportunitat de tocar al millor club de jazz de Nova York. El seu destí canvia quan una petita ensopegada el transporta als carrers d’un lloc fantàstic.
Després de viure uns anys a la presó, en Jake Blues és alliberat per bon comportament. Surt del centre penitenciari vestit de la mateixa manera que va entrar: vestit i barret negres i ulleres fosques. A la porta l'espera el seu germà Elwood vestit de manera idèntica. Ara, l'única llar que van conèixer està en perill. L'orfenat de Santa Elena necessita una gran quantitat de diners, i ells intervindran.
París, en plena efervescència dels anys vint. Maurice Ravel queda astorat quan Ida, una coreògrafa atrevida i seductora, li demana que compongui la música per al seu pròxim espectacle. Desconcertat, Ravel no sap on trobar la inspiració. Però, quan decideix explorar els seus records i deixar-se portar per les dones que han marcat la seva vida, aconsegueix crear la seva obra mestra: el Boléro.
Principis del segle XX. Narra la història de Celie, una adolescent negra de catorze anys que està embarassada del seu pare, un home despòtic i cruel. A partir de llavors la seva vida estarà plena de dolor i humiliacions.
Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), un tinent de l'exèrcit, assassina fredament el presumpte violador de la seva dona Laura (Lee Remick). Després de la detenció, se celebra el judici. La seva dona contracta com a advocat defensor Paul Biegler (James Stewart), un honrat home de lleis. Durant el judici es reflectiran tota mena d'emocions i passions, des de la gelosia a la ràbia. Un dels drames judicials més famosos de la història del cine.
Frankie Machina, un malfactor addicte al joc i l'heroïna, interpretat superbament per Frank Sinatra, després de passar una bona temporada a la presó, torna a casa seva a Chicago amb la seva dona, Eleanor Parker, amb el propòsit ferm de deixar enrere el seu passat criminal i rehabilitar-se de les addiccions. Però no us resultarà fàcil, ja que us estaran esperant les seves velles i indesitjables amistats, que tractaran per tots els mitjans, que torni als seus antics hàbits.
Amèrica, anys vint. El Cotton Club és el night club de jazz més famós de Harlem (Nova York). La seva història és la història de la gent que freqüenta el local: Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere), un atractiu trompetista que busca l'èxit i la sort del qual canvia radicalment quan salva la vida del gàngster Dutch Schultz; Sandman Williams (Gregory Hines), un brillant ballarí negre que somia convertir-se en estrella, o Vera Cicero (Diane Lane), la núvia de Dutch Schultz, una jove bella i ambiciosa la vida de la qual corre perill a causa de la passió prohibida que sent per Dixie .
Un estudiant de Sendai, al Japó, s’apassiona sobtadament pel jazz quan li regalen un saxofon. No té formació musical ni cap talent especial i tampoc no és conscient de l’esforç que haurà de fer per aprendre a tocar-lo. Però la seva tenacitat i obsessió per l’instrument el duran a assajar cada dia.
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.
Jointly initiated by Youku and the Hip-Hop Committee of the China's Dancer Association, and officially collaborating with the World Hip Hop Dance Championship (HHI). Through the process of a few artists establishing their own 'women's dance crew', we will all gather China's street dance professionals and female street dancers from all walks of life. Through rounds of competition, the strongest street dance crew will be chosen eventually, and will take part in a world class street dance crew competition, creating a professional and publicly regarded performance works, showcasing the positive influence that dance has on the younger generation.
Moon Over Miami is a short-lived American comedy series that aired on ABC.
A cinematic ode to jazz legend, Wayne Shorter. Depicted in 3 portals, the viewer is transported into prolific periods of Shorter's life and how through adversity, he grew to greatness, shattered the limitations of jazz, and became one of the most influential musicians and composers in American music.
Five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed, survive, break free and seize the future.
Two different students - a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent - form a friendship through their love for music.
Jazz pianist Johnny Staccato supplements his meager musician's income by working as a private detective. The background for many of the episodes is his friend "Waldo's" jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village, featuring performances by the Pete Candoli jazz combo which included Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Red Norvo and Johnny Williams. The theme was composed by Elmer Bernstein.
Fictional author-filmmaker, Eric Jonrosh, adapts his epic tale of a pianist-turned-detective investigating a murder in the 1950s underground jazz scene.
The Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits to British Television since the 1960s included the preceding 4 part mini series Get Lost! for ITV in 1981. The Beiderbecke Affair has a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold played in an ensemble cast. Although The Beiderbecke Affair was intended as a sequel to Get Lost!, Alun Armstrong proved to be unavailable and the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.
Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the extraordinary men and women who could do something remarkable – create art on the spot. Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that gave birth to and influenced it, and was in turn transformed by it.
An explosive 1930s drama following a jazz band in London at a time of huge change.
The Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. Now with a baby in tow, Jill and Trevor are asked by Big Al to look after a refugee called "Ivan".
Tremé takes its name from a neighborhood of New Orleans and portrays life in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane. Beginning three months after Hurricane Katrina, the residents of New Orleans, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and other New Orleanians struggle to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture.
After his jazz prodigy brother's death, Tae-yi loses interest in life. Se-heon, a passionate new student, rekindles memories of his brother through his music. Se-heon suspects a connection. But his return stirs tensions.
Federation troops and Zeon forces carry out a fierce battle in the Thunderbolt Sector in what was once Side 4 "Mua". The Thunderbolt Sector is a shoal zone composed of the debris of destroyed space colonies, named for the electrical discharges from the metal debris. MS pilot Io Flemming is among the Federation soldiers who are dispatched to the area, where Zeon sniper Daryl Lorenz awaits them on the battlefield.
Masters of American Music is a multi-award-winning television series, as entertaining and memorable as it is educational, it is a must have for any true music fan. The series celebrates a pantheon of the greatest musical innovators with individual programmes tracing the lives and works of master musicians who defined the course of American’s musical history. From the birth of the blues in New Orleans to Swing, Big Band, Bebop, Free Jazz and beyond – all of this rich tapestry is explored with sensitivity and unique depth. The featured artists come to life through conversations with their contemporaries, exciting and rare live performances, period footage and vintage photographs, all of which have been meticulously produced.
The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part British television drama serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1987. It is the second serial in The Beiderbecke Trilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into Trevor's hands, Trevor and Jill find themselves being pursued by national security agents.
