Free Jazz Movies

  • 1959
    The Cry of Jazz

    The Cry of Jazz

    The Cry of Jazz

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    Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's polemical essay on the politics of...

    The Cry of Jazz
  • 2008
    Sunny's Time Now

    Sunny's Time Now

    Sunny's Time Now

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    Retracing the longstanding career of avant-garde drummer Sunny Murray, one of the most influential figures of the Free jazz revolution. Through a...

    Sunny's Time Now
  • 1986
    Ornette: Made in America

    Ornette: Made in America

    Ornette: Made in America

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    Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.

    Ornette: Made in America
  • 2021
    Fire Music

    Fire Music

    Fire Music

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    Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and '70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers - brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman,...

    Fire Music
  • 2005
    Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

    Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

    Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

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    Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern...

    Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
  • 2012
    Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann

    Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann

    Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann

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    How do you become Peter Brötzmann? How do you become what you are: a painter, a musician, an absolute artist? Europe was nothing but a ruin and...

    Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann
  • 1967
    You See What I’m Trying To Say?

    You See What I’m Trying To Say?

    You See What I’m Trying To Say?

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    In this short film from 1967, filmmaker Henry English attempts to place a context around saxophonist and composer Marion Brown’s flurries of...

    You See What I’m Trying To Say?
  • 2023
    Streetlight Opus

    Streetlight Opus

    Streetlight Opus

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    When two buskers find themselves situated on the same busy street corner, a musical battle ensues when the musicians realise that the lively city...

    Streetlight Opus
  • 2023
    Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center

    Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center

    Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center

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    Filmed in and around percussionist Milford Grave’s last public concert in his neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens.

    Milford Graves Live at Jamaica Arts Center
  • 2020
    Thick Air

    Thick Air

    Thick Air

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    An experimental music ensemble is recording an album. They want a very specific sound: the sound of thick air. The sound engineer struggles to...

    Thick Air
  • 2013
    Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969

    Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969

    Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969

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    Live archive release from the Jazz legend. Thelonious Monk Paris 1969 is a fascinating and important late-career document of the legendary Jazz...

    Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969
  • 1966
    Wealth of a Nation

    Wealth of a Nation

    Wealth of a Nation

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    This film explores freedom of speech in the United States of America

    Wealth of a Nation
  • 2022
    Angel Bat Dawid - Ground Control

    Angel Bat Dawid - Ground Control

    Angel Bat Dawid - Ground Control

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    Angel Bat Dawid - one of the great jazz discoveries of recent years as a guest at Chassol in Ground Control. Chicago-native Angel Bat Dawid is one...

    Angel Bat Dawid - Ground Control
  • 2003
    City of the Winds

    City of the Winds

    City of the Winds

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    Documentary about the Chicago jazz scene.

    City of the Winds
  • 1970
    Duende: Joëlle Léandre solo

    Duende: Joëlle Léandre solo

    Duende: Joëlle Léandre solo

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    Duende: Joëlle Léandre solo
  • 2010
    J.D. Allen Live

    J.D. Allen Live

    J.D. Allen Live

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    J.D. Allen Live
  • 1970
    Sonny Sharrock Band - Lucerna Hall Prague 4.10.90

    Sonny Sharrock Band - Lucerna Hall Prague 4.10.90

    Sonny Sharrock Band - Lucerna Hall Prague 4.10.90

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    The Sonny Sharrock Band live in Prague as part of the Knitting Factory Festival Tour of Europe 1990.

    Sonny Sharrock Band - Lucerna Hall Prague 4.10.90
  • 2006
    AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg)

    AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg)

    AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg)

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    This feature-length documentary chronicles the life and playful methods of Dutch pianist and composer Misha Mengelberg, a significant figure in...

    AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg)