Branford Marsalis Quartet
Performs Coltrane’s A Love Supreme
“Recorded at the Bimhuis Jazz Club in Amsterdam in 2003, presents the
music of the Branford Marsalis Quartet while on tour.” –WorldCat
Charles Mingus Live in ‘64
Charles Mingus showcases
three exceptional concerts performed in April 1964 featuring his most
celebrated lineup. Recorded within an
eight-day span, the three concerts showcase Mingus's visionary leadership and
the band's incredible depth and diversity with unique performances and
arrangements of classics.” –WorldCat
Count Basie Live in ‘62
“Features one of the greatest big band orchestras captured at the
height of their considerable powers. This recently discovered concert is the
earliest known complete concert of Count Basie and his orchestra released on
DVD.” –WorldCat
Ella Fitzgerald Live in ’57 &
‘63
“Features Ella Fitzgerald in two distinct performances. The first is
the earliest known complete concert of Ella to be captured on film.” –WorldCat
John Coltrane Live in ’60, ’61
& ‘65
John Coltrane provides an
epic 95-minute overview of a true giant of 20th-century music. Three separate
shows reveal Coltrane's ascending creative arc from hard bop innovator as a
member of the Miles Davis Quartet in 1960 to consummate bandleader in 1961 to
unrivalled jazz visionary in 1965.” –Amazon
Life and Debt
“This documentary examines the effects of World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund loans on the infrastructure Jamaica established in
the wake of independence from the UK in 1962. Seven billion in debt (circa
2000), Jamaica has seen its agricultural industries laid to waste by the
impossibility of competing with subsidized, multi-national American based
companies. The poverty of an "average" Jamaican in a shantytown near
Kingston is in stark contrast to the luxurious tropical fantasy paradise
experienced by tourists in posh Montego Bay. In a dog-eat-dog global economy,
the US and its multinational corporate clients have all the advantages, while
Jamaica has no agriculture, no industry, and no tax base--only ever-growing
debt. “ –WorldCat
My Sister’s Keeper
“Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter.
Suddenly, their baby girl falls ill, and her only hope for survival rests in
her parents' ability to find a compatible bone marrow donator. Their desperate
decision to conceive another child raises both ethical and moral questions and
begins to erode their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court
case that threatens to tear the family apart.” –WorldCat
Sonny Rollins Live in’65 &
‘68
“Performances featuring the jazz saxophonist filmed for Danish
television. The first is from the 1965 Copenhagen Jazz Festival and the second
for the 1968 television program, Saxophone colossus.” –WorldCat
The Music Instinct: Science and
Song
“The Music Instinct provides
a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism is moved by
the undeniable effect of music, and the deep connection between music and our
bodies and brains. The program follows visionary researchers and accomplished
musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to
music's deep mysteries.” –WorldCat
Wes Montgomery Live In ‘65
“Features Wes, in intimate studio settings, leading three different
lineups through some of his best-known tunes. This rare footage illuminates
Wes's extraordinary musical vocabulary and unconventional picking technique.” –WorldCat
Where To Invade Next
“Presents the theory that the American dream, all but abandoned in the
United States, has been adopted successfully in other countries, including
Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and
Iceland, looking at such areas as worker benefits, public expenditure for the
common good, and state-funded higher education.” –WorldCat