Henry Carter Hull

A collection of sixty interviews with the great jazz musicians over the last forty years.

Presents a collection of highly personal and stylized characterizations and biographical profiles of twenty-six legendary jazz performers including Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and many more.

In a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano to its limits, developed an international reputation, and made an indelible mark on the jazz world. And yet, his story has never been told. Until now. Atticus Brady's new film uses an astonishing array of archival materials interwoven with interviews with friends, family, and fellow musicians, and features commentary from Woody Allen; Ahmad Jamal; Tonight...

Collection of more than one hundred articles exploring the culture, inspiration, personalities, and music which is jazz.

An up-and-coming saxophonist struggles to maintain a relationship with an up-and-coming singer.

A picture biography of singer Ella Fitzgerald, following her from her youth on Waverly Street in New York, to fame in the nightclubs of Harlem in the 1930s.

In this companion to the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning Trombone Shorty, join a scrappy young musician named Shorty on a tour of his beloved New Orleans. After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader. He hits the streets of New Orleans to find some answers and soak up inspiration. Along the way he'll meet street musicians, a favorite restaurant owner, and...