V roce 1927 se v nahrávacím studiu v Chicagu sešla Ma Rainey se svojí kapelou, ale brzy tam zavládla napjatá atmosféra. Adaptace hry Augusta Wilsona.
New York v dobách, kdy mu vládla prohibice. Cotton Club není jen známý jazzový bar v Harlemu, ale také místo, kde se setkávají vlivní šéfové podsvětí. Mladý hudebník Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere) zachrání život jednomu z mafiánů, ale brzy se zaplete do problémů, když se zamiluje do jeho milenky.
Poutavý pohled na bohatý život a zářivou uměleckou kariéru vizionářského amerického jazzového trumpetisty Milese Davise (1926-1991).
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
A famed trumpet player is suspected of murdering a blues singer. Using only two minor clues, he narrows the suspects to four people, but only after surviving poison placed on the mouthpiece of his trumpet!
On stage before a show, a trumpet player dives back into his memories of a sinking during which he was saved by Jazz.
A film grotesque whose protagonist is a poor clerk lost in the modern world. He buys a trumpet to express his personality via music.
A teenaged shoeshine boy urgently tries to raise the remaining amount of money he needs to purchase a secondhand bugle before 6p.m.
Moving Together is a celebratory love letter to music and dance that brims with kinetic life and energy. This documentary explores the intricate collaboration between dancers and musicians, moving seamlessly between Flamenco, Modern, and New Orleans Second Line.
Half a million people descend upon a tiny Serbian village for the 50th anniversary of the world's largest trumpet festival. Brasslands chronicles the cultural and musical collisions through the personal journeys of 3 musicians - American, Serbian, Roma - whose lives are bound to Balkan brass for very different reasons.
A Japanese trumpet player on a cultural pilgrimage to discover New York City jazz experiences a hell of a night after being lost in Brooklyn.
For 35 years, Jan Allan played the same trumpet, a Bach bought in New York in 1965. And he had intended to play it until the very last note. But then Jan Allan's beloved trumpet was stolen, and what happened to his airy lyrical tone?
A native of Wilmington, Delaware, jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown made an outstanding and influential contribution to music. In an era when many musicians were emulating Charlie Parker’s drug abuse, Brown inspired others to achieve greatness while living a clean life. Ironically, he was killed in a car accident at the age of 25. This feature-length documentary presents a richly detailed account of Brown’s life, and examines his historical importance in the context of three criteria–innovation, influence, and individuality.
A trumpeter returns to his town for his grandfather's funeral.