Denver’s iconic and Grammy Award-winning musicians reveal the secrets of their success and longevity in the music business while warning the young lions to whom they pass the torch to stay relevant in a marketplace both treacherous and brutal. The majestic Rocky Mountains tower over a bustling metropolis filled with steamy and romantic nightclubs where jazz flourishes on stage. JazzTown features never seen before live concert footage on historic stages that have now crumbled due to economic stresses of the Covid Pandemic. ~ Dianne Reeves, 5-time Grammy Award winner for Best Jazz Vocalist ~ US Senator John Hickenlooper (former jazz club owner) ~ Ron Miles (Colorado Music Hall of Fame, Joshua Redman, Bill Frisell, Ginger Baker) ~ Charlie Hunter (Snarky Puppy, Christian McBride, Stanton Moore) ~ Art Lande (Mark Isham, Gary Peacock) ~ Ayo Awosika (Session Singer on Soundtracks to: Wakanda Forever, Nope, Dune, The Lion King ... tours with Miley Cyrus,) and many more.
In Miami, 18-year-old pianist Vera, a foster child aging out of the system, struggles to pursue her passion for Latin Jazz amidst poverty and exploitation. After landing a freelance job painting a music studio, she impresses Hector, the studio owner and music producer, who offers her a chance to compose. However, Hector exploits her talent, stealing her composition for his own gain. Faced with betrayal and self-doubt, Vera almost gives up her dream. But with determination and the support of friends, she finds her voice and takes one final step toward a future in Latin Jazz, proving that anything is possible with resilience and self-belief.
When the film West Side Story was released in 1961, New York's reviled Puerto Rican community gained some visibility and, over time, both in Spanish Harlem and the Bronx, neighborhoods plagued by poverty, drugs and crime, Hispanic identity was reborn and strengthened, thanks to a syncretic and intentionally popular music that eventually conquered the entire city.
A joyful tale filled with music. The rise of radio. The jazz big bands. The legendary clubs and ballrooms. The soundtracks of the great musical films and TV shows. Sex and romance, gangsters, luxury cars and palm trees. From Barcelona to New York, with a stop in Cuba. The birth of Las Vegas. The sound of the maracas. Chihuahuas everywhere. The incredible life story of Xavier Cugat (1900-90).
When Ruben, a young Chicano musician, is caught between his mother’s expectations and his own hopes, he is forced to make a decision that will change his life forever. Based on true events, “Con Esperanza” follows Ruben on his journey of pursuing his dreams, balancing both the traditional and financial expectations of his Mother.
In celebration of Concord Records’ 30th Anniversary, Grammy® Award-winner Poncho Sanchez took to the stage of the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival, taking the audience by storm with a typhoon of his signature Latin rhythms. Absolutely riveting in performance, the bearded giant of Latin jazz is as much fun to watch as he is to hear. All of the electrifying energy and excitement that is Poncho Sanchez live is vividly captured in this exhilarating DVD. Track List: 1. One Mint Julep 2. El Shing-a-ling 3. Guaripumpe 4. I Showed Them 5. Conmigo 6. Out Of Sight 7. Watermelon Man
Madrid, Spain, June 30th, 2016. Rafael and José Luis jam a crazy one-day trip in search of the city's jazz scene, meeting the musicians, the club owners, the audience, the true believers who tell the story from the beginning, back in the 1950s, until the last breath of this memorable day.
The picture brings interviews with the participants of the 1st São Paulo Jazz Festival that occurred in Anhembi Conventions Palace in September 1978 and reunited musicians, composers and singers from all around the world.
Music documentary by director Rafael Marziano Tinoco from Venezuela
The title of this heavily plotted German melodrama translates as "This One or None". Gitta Alpar stars as Eve, whose emotions are torn between two European princes, lifelong rivals who happen to be brothers. Eve prefers the nicer of the two princes, but this doesn't stop the other from aggressively stepping up his courtship. When the less agreeable of the two monarches takes control of the throne, he orders Eve to make an immediate choice between himself and his brother. Though old-fashioned in concept and execution, "Die - oder keine" benefitted from the charming presence of Gitta Alper.
Comedienne Miranda Hart presents this unconventional workout regime that aims to blend fun and fitness. The emphasis is on fun throughout and the workouts are performed to some cheesy pop classics.
The story of R&B singer Al Green, who gave up a successful singing career to become a gospel minister.
In 2002, Beggars Banquet released Revelations/Forever Remain/Visionary Heads, which compiles three video releases by dusty British goth heroes Fields of the Nephilim on one DVD. The three video segments are Revelations (a collection of six of the band's videos), Forever Remain (a live show from 1988), and Visionary Heads (a concert from 1990).
The legless ghost of a girl discovers some disembodied tap shoes, dancing to "Moses Supposes" from Singin' in the Rain, and attempts to join them in their dance.
When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition, they confront grief and come together to celebrate connection, joy, and transformation.
The president of the United States is awakened in the middle of the night with an urgent news: The Guyana has suddenly disappeared from the map.
A witty and cheerful musical comedy made under the Communist regime. The Black Sea coast and the city of Constanta, in the height of the summer season, as well as the pearls of Romanian tourism, the resorts of Mangalia, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Olimp, offer a more than generous setting for a comedy with songs and dances, with beautiful boys and girls, with important ladies and gentlemen, with adventurers, for one day or for several days, with tangled suitcases, functions and destinies, in a turbulent humoristic atmosphere.
Cheeky Jette is a typical Berlin girl. Together with her mother, she performs couplets in a Berlin suburb theatre every night. Then, a young Austrian baron, who is worshipping Jette, enables her to audition for Königstädtisches Theater. Although she at first fails with an aria from an opera, Jette wins over the hearts of the board members with her fresh style when she performs a cheeky couplet that was written by Barsch, the stage manager of the suburb theater.
Based on a 19th century tale, this self-referential fantasy, complete with musical and animated interludes plus a cast of fairytale characters, tells the story of a bet between an old man and a fairy over a bag with two gold coins.
Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera in 2000.