Unseen: Jazz in shorts (Part 1: 1-4)
1.Herbie (George Lucas, Paul Golding, 1966) Herbie Hancock In contemporary parlance, wanky. I do have a thing for wanky 16mm though, even...
44 recommended jazz docs
1. Don Cherry (Jean-Noël Delamare, Nathalie Perrey, 1973) Opens like Alphaville meets Jodorowsky meets Brother from Another Planet and...
4 striking Lee Morgan covers
Joey DeFrancesco - Ceora (2002) LP Title: Live: The Authorized Bootleg Joey DeFrancesco (organ) George Coleman (tenor sax) Jake Langley...
Dear John: 5 Naimas
Written as a love letter to his first wife, Naima Grubb, of all the compositions on John Coltrane’s mighty “Giant Steps”, “Naima” is the...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 10/10
1. Brother Yusef (Nicholas Humpert, 2005) Multi-instrumentalist, best known for his tenure with Cannonball Adderley’s band, followed by a...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 9/10
1. The Church of St John Coltrane (Jeff Swimmer, 1996) "We experienced the effectual transference of the Holy Ghost through sound" ...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 8/10
1. Thelonious Monk: American Composer (Matthew Seig, 1991) "If you can sit and play a tune... in tempo. For an hour. I don't think...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 7/10
1. Türkiye'de Caz (Jazz in Turkey ) (Batu Akyol, 2013) One of the musicians cites "Take 5" as an example of a camouflaged Turkish beat...
44 recommended jazz docs: Pt 6/10
1. Let's Get Lost (Bruce Weber, 1988) Lofty yet sullen work from photographer Bruce Weber. It’s appropriately shot in film noir styled,...
In a Ska-Lent Way: 24 Skas & Rocksteadys of Jazz origin
1. Baba Brooks - "Musical Communion" (Reid 1956) Originally Sonny Rollins "St Thomas" (1926) If you didn’t already know, Jamaican...
