Movies: Sonny Rollins

  • 1966
    Alfie

    Alfie (1966)

    Alfie

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    A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life....

    Alfie
  • 2018
    It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

    It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story (2018)

    It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

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    A documentary about the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and its German founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. As jews they had to flee Germany and the Hitler regime in the late 1930s. In New York they wrote music history with their record lab...

    It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
  • 2017
    Chasing Trane

    Chasing Trane (2017)

    Chasing Trane

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    An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's abi...

    Chasing Trane
  • 1994
    A Great Day in Harlem

    A Great Day in Harlem (1994)

    A Great Day in Harlem

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    Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just about every jazz musician at the time showed up for the photo shoot which took place in front of a bro...

    A Great Day in Harlem
  • 1998
    Saxophone Colossus

    Saxophone Colossus (1998)

    Saxophone Colossus

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    Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as the greatest living jazz improviser. In 1986, filmmaker Robert Mugge produced Saxophone Colossus, a feat...

    Saxophone Colossus
  • 2022
    Hargrove

    Hargrove (2022)

    Hargrove

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    Jazz trumpet legend Roy Hargrove, deemed by his peers as a musical prophet, up close and personal like you have never seen him before. The film follows Grammy award winning Roy Hargrove from Los Angeles, Paris, New York, Vienne, Perugia, Sète, Sorren...

    Hargrove
  • 2023
    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

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    The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from the Jim Crow to Civil Rights eras, from heady days of post-war jazz to hip hop and beyond....

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
  • 2012
    Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes

    Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes (2012)

    Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes

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    Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes uses his 80th birthday concert to look into the man and his music....

    Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes
  • 2009
    The Jazz Baroness

    The Jazz Baroness (2009)

    The Jazz Baroness

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    The true story of a British heiress's love for jazz genius Thelonious Monk....

    The Jazz Baroness
  • 1968
    Who Is Sonny Rollins?

    Who Is Sonny Rollins? (1968)

    Who Is Sonny Rollins?

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    Portrait of the jazz great during his self-enforced exile from his audience as protest against the war in Vietnam. Filmed playing with students in Harlem, in the countryside, and on the Williamsburg Bridge, Rollins' melodic sense throughout the film...

    Who Is Sonny Rollins?
  • 2008
    Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in '65 & '68

    Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in '65 & '68 (2008)

    Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in '65 & '68

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    Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins features two intimate concerts filmed in the '60s for Danish television at the pinnacle of one of his most creative periods. Cast: Sonny Rollins ... Self / Saxophone Alan Dawson ... Self / Drums Kenny Drew ... Self...

    Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in '65 & '68
  • 2002
    John Coltrane Four Tenors

    John Coltrane Four Tenors (2002)

    John Coltrane Four Tenors

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    Four giants of the tenor saxophone -- including the legendary John Coltrane -- are featured in this collection of rare performances recorded in the '60s. Filmed for the television series Jazz Casual, which was hosted by the great jazz writer Ralph Gl...

    John Coltrane Four Tenors
  • 2014
    Brownie Speaks

    Brownie Speaks (2014)

    Brownie Speaks

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    A native of Wilmington, Delaware, jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown made an outstanding and influential contribution to music. In an era when many musicians were emulating Charlie Parker’s drug abuse, Brown inspired others to achieve greatness while livi...

    Brownie Speaks
  • 2010
    Sonny Rollins '74: Rescued!

    Sonny Rollins '74: Rescued! (2010)

    Sonny Rollins '74: Rescued!

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    Featuring a specially-shot introduction with Jamie Cullum, Arena presents a lost treasure - Sonny Rollins performing at Ronnie Scott's in 1974. After nearly 40 years unseen, this unique film shows a spellbinding performance from arguably the greatest...

    Sonny Rollins '74: Rescued!
  • 1969
    Sonny Rollins Sextet 1993 Jazz Madrid

    Sonny Rollins Sextet 1993 Jazz Madrid (1969)

    Sonny Rollins Sextet 1993 Jazz Madrid

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    Sonny Rollins live from Madrid on October 26, 1993....

    Sonny Rollins Sextet 1993 Jazz Madrid