Dizzy Gillespie Movies

A compilation reel of television commercials produced by Story Board Inc.

An exceptional recording from 1974 featuring Dizzy Gillespie and his quartet at the Berliner Jazztage, one of Europe's most prominent jazz festivals....

Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.

Carved to the beat verses of Allen Ginsberg and his eponymous poem, A Supermarket in California paints the most surreal contours of an America...

Extraterrestrials contact earth in this delightful fable. Their message is "HELLO" in many languages, and there is a celebration.

A visit to the outdoor festival at Cleethorpes which hosts twelve top jazz bands.

This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk,...

Dizzy Gillespie is one of the major figures of the 20th Century's music scene. Everything was once said or written about this genius musician,...

A documentary that covers the life of Dizzy Gillespie.

Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became...

The history of the ocean as our most important resource.

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown made an outstanding and influential contribution to music. In an era when many...

Didn't We Ramble On is a documentary about the tradition of marching bands in African-American culture. It focuses particularly on the historical...

A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants.