Listed below are full-length feature films that meet one or more of these criteria: The story is about jazz or jazz musicians; The film features performances by famous (or fictional) jazz musicians; ...

In the 1920s and 30s, jazz was taking off in the United States and much of Europe, including Germany. Classical composers even began to meld jazz styles into their music. (SOUNDBITE OF WOLFGANG ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass ...

Nearly a century after their first performances, American composer Leo Sowerby's symphonic jazz works, written for celebrity bandleader Paul Whiteman and his orchestra during the Roaring Twenties, ...

An ad for the steamer Sidney from August of 1920. There was plenty of competition among entertainment venues in New Orleans in 1919. There were vaudeville shows, moving pictures and concerts large and ...

Spanish revival trio Diógenes Jug Band heads to the Clarence Jazz Club in Torremolinos for an evening of joyful, improvised ...

The Cotton Club might be Harlem’s most famous surviving jazz venue, but during the Harlem Renaissance that started after World War I and ended sometime during the Great Depression, it was also the ...

When we think of jazz, we think of instruments — saxophones, pianos, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, bass, drums, and guitars — blending in unpredictable ways to craft listening journeys fit for late ...