Jazz

This amazing DVD is a journey that traces the life and music of the man who took the "backseat" guitar and made it front and center. Includes eight bonus songs, an in-depth biography of the legendary guitar player's life, along with a gallery of fine...

Tania Maria is the Beat of Brazil in the 2008 DVD release as seen on TV! Two Programs on one DVD from the Acclaimed Ad Lib Series. Per the NY Times, "A very vital and exciting performer. She is a pianist with tremendous drive and a vocalist who...

This complete 1991 concert was filmed in 1991 at the Pual Masson Winery. Shearing's piano artistry is captured forever as he and bass sensation Neil Swanson caress the balads of Rodgers & Hart and Hoagy Carmicheal, and swing to the bebop of Charlie Park...

Raised in Spanish Harlem, William "Bobo" Correa was one of the world's premiere jazz and Latin percussionists. His artistry not only contributed to the evolution of music, but left a legacy that reaches far beyond his home neighborhood.

Williams was at the peak of his musical powers in this unique collaboration with piano legend Shearing. Williams' vocal excellence and impeccable taste are displayed in his version of many musical jewels. The concert was superbly filmed at the Paul...

The distinguished Modern Jazz Quartet traces it's origins to the irrepressibly flamboyant Dizzy Gillespie and his brazzy, shouting bebop big band. Filmed live in Germany, pianist and composer John Lewis, bassist Percy Heath.

Direct from Brazil comes this deeply appreciative musical tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim, co-founder and leading composer of the Bossa Nova. The program includes 10 tracks such as "Once I Loved " by Shirley Horn, "Olha Maria" from Gonzalo Rubalcaba.

Touted by Life Magazine as "the world's greatest rhythmic drummer," it would be impossible to overstate the importance of drummer Elvin Jones in the evolution of current and mainstream jazz.

This performance by fusion pioneers Jack DeJohnette, Miroslav Vitous, Chick Corea, experimental giant Anthony Braxton, Pat Metheny, and one of the originators of cool jazz, Lee Konitz, is a recording of their 1981 concert at the Woodstock Jazz Festival...

The director goes on a quest for a spectre, a spectre that haunts Jazz. Who was Ornette Coleman, the saxophonist and composer ' If his seminal body of work is now - rightfully so - fully recognized, the man remained deliberately mysterious and enigmatic...

To a jazz aficionado it would take only a glance at the personnel list of this big band to realize it is made up of the brightest and most creative New York jazz musicians. Everyone is not only well-versed and experienced in the traditional big band...

This riveting music documentary traces the history of the legendary pianist Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage boogie-woogie sensation through his meteoric rise to international celebrity.