Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
In early July of 2012, Scofield released, after ten years of record pause of ensemble Uberjam, a new and long-awaited album called Uberjam Deux...
Home movies, photographs, and recited poetry illustrate the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the most beloved, revolutionary, and volatile hip-hop MCs of all time.
Zawinul is onstage with the WDR Big Band from Germany and a special international rhythm section. The music is a tribute to the pioneering 1970s fusion collective Weather Report, originally with Wayne Shorter on sax, Zawinul on keys, and later Jaco Pastorius on bass (among other personnel). Zawinul and the WDR play "Brown Street" and "Carnavalito." Arranger Vince Mendoza re-imagines this colorful, small-group music for Europe's longest-lived jazz orchestra. And they can play!
Gregory Porter One Night Only – Live at the Royal Albert Hall captures the two-time GRAMMY-winning singer in a stunning live performance at the famed London venue with his band accompanied by the London Studio Orchestra conducted and arranged by Vince Mendoza. Porter sings songs from his acclaimed recent album Nat King Cole & Me, as well as favorite songs of his own including “Hey Laura,” “No Love Dying,” “Don’t Lose Your Steam,” and “When Love Was King.”
Brilliantly mixing animated sequences and archival footage, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre paints a touching portrait of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson.
Snoop Dogg's performace February 23, 2005 at Forest International- Bruxelles/Belgium. Songs include: Da boss Would Like to See you, Bump Bump, Murder Was The Case, The Shaznit, Tha Bidness, P.I.M.P., Deep Cover, G Thang, What the Difference, 2 of America's Most Wanted, Snoop's Upside Ya Head, Beautiful, Lodi Dodi, Next Episode, Pump Pump, Let's Get Blown, Gin & Juice, Lay Low- Freestyle, Drop it Like it's hot, Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye.
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
East Coast natives Napoleon, Young Noble, Edi and Kastro attempt to unify the thug nation.
A feature- length documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda.
A.I.D.S has become a convenient excuse to desexualize gay culture and to terminate the gay liberation movement. This film confronts the viewer to these facts. A.I.D.S.C.R.E.A.M. was selected for the A.I.D.S. Media: Counter - representations program of the Whitney Museum, 1989.
As seen and heard by... the Standing on the corner art ensemble, an "Exhibition" Index Film
Musical performers put on a show in a pawn shop to convince a man to give them the money they need to buy back their instruments.
Legendary funk and soul drummers and LA's most talented turntablists collaborate in an improvisational performance at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles.
Inada plays Betty Yoshida, a singer and dancer from America who arrives in Japan to go on tour, only to be swindled by scheming managers. Penniless and cast to the streets, Betty is taken in by Oki (Nakagawa), a talented tap dancer who introduces her to a group of struggling musicians living and working together.
A documentary on Dizzy Gillespie's landmark visit to Cuba and his performance at the Fifth International Jazz Festival in Havana, Cuba. Filmed in 1985 with Arturo Sandoval and Sayyd Abdul Al Khabyyr.
Young members of 3 New Orleans school marching bands grow up in America's most musical city, and one of its most dangerous. Their band directors get them ready to perform in the Mardi Gras parades, and teach them to succeed and to survive.
When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore s underground dance battle The Streets.
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
A documentary about a life dedicated to jazz, as told by Velibor Pedevski, who has been living among a dynamic New York crowd for over a quarter of a century. Pedevski brings a unique perspective on the historical events surrounding the creative phenomenon of jazz. One of the most prestigious and important of all American cultural exports, jazz has conquered the world