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  • Arkadia Classics: Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Others

    Restored vintage video clips from the 1940s when jazz was at its peak.

    Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher
    Martha Davis & Spouse - Martha's Boogie
    Duke Ellington - The Hawk Talks (featuring Louie Bellson)
    George Shearing - Conception
    Count Basie - I Cried for You (featuring Helen Humes)
    Lionel Ham...

  • Ladies Sing The Blues -BILLIE HOLIDAY/SARAH VAUGHN, PEGGY LEE, DINAH WASHINGTON

    THE LADIES SING THE BLUES, A BREATHTAKING ARRAY OF THE GREATEST BLUES AND JAZZ SINGERS

    The "Ladies" who created an art form and sang their way into legend... a bygone era is recaptured in this filmed salute to the women who started it all... whose turn of phrase made musical history.

    ONCE-IN-A...

  • The Genius of Charlie Christian: Solo Flight

    This documentary, Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian, is a poignant, in-depth look at Charlie Christian, an extraordinary and legendary Jazz guitarist whose innovations outlasted his all-too-brief career, which reached its apex when he became a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet. When h...

  • Fiddlin’ Man: The Life & Times of Bob Wills

    Fiddlin’ Man: The Life & Times of Bob Wills, is the definite documentary of music legend Bob Wills, the violinist and singer who danced his way into America’s heart and lifted the nation’s spirit with his Western Swing, an irresistible combination of raw tunes from Texas field workers, soulful co...