Jazz Documentaries

Art Pepper: Notes From A Jazz Survivor (1982)
1982NR49:00
This is an intensely personal, painfully revealing portrait of one of jazz's greatest alto saxophonist, Art Pepper. In c...
Art Pepper: Notes From A Jazz Survivor (1982)
Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus (1986)
1986NR01:41:00
Robert Mugge’s Saxophone Colossus profiles jazz legend Sonny Rollins, featuring his ensemble performance in New York and...
Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus (1986)
Paul Motian - Motian In Motion (2020)
2020NR01:26:00
Motian In Motion documents the career of iconic jazz drummer Paul Motian. Rare fly-on-the-wall footage of Paul in the st...
Paul Motian - Motian In Motion (2020)
Storyville: The Naked Dance (2000)
2000NR57:00
This 60-minute documentary explores New Orleans’ legendary Storyville red-light district, 1898–WWI, tracing jazz’s origi...
Storyville: The Naked Dance (2000)
Gil Scott-Heron: Black Wax (1983)
1983R01:19:00
BLACK WAX, produced and directed by Robert Mugge, spotlights the late poet-singer Gil Scott-Heron and his Midnight Band....
Gil Scott-Heron: Black Wax (1983)
Louis Prima: Louis Prima The Wildest (1999)
1999NR01:21:00
He may have been "just a gigolo," but it's easy to understand why Louis Prima continues to captivate audiences. The trum...
Louis Prima: Louis Prima The Wildest (1999)
New Orleans Music In Exile (2006)
2006NR01:52:00
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, music documentarian Robert Mugge captures the heartbreak and hope of leg...
New Orleans Music In Exile (2006)
Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise (1980)
1980NR59:00
Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980...
Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise (1980)