Dizzy Gillespie – MRQE

Good Evening Ev’rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Documenting Louis Armstrong’s appearance at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival.

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.

Improvisation

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977, Joe Pass 1979, Ella Fitzgerald 1979, and Oscar Peterson at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977.

A Great Day in Harlem

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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 brownstone near the 125th street station. The documentary compiles interviews of many of the musicians in the photograph to talk about the day of the photograph, and it shows film footage taken that day by Milt Hinton and his wife.

Invierno en Lisboa, El

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro, every summer.

A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A documentary on Dizzy Gillespie’s landmark visit to Cuba and his performance at the Fifth International Jazz Festival in Havana, Cuba. Filmed in 1985 with Arturo Sandoval and Sayyd Abdul Al Khabyyr.

The Cosmic Eye

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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

Jivin’ in Be-Bop

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Dizzy Gillespie and his band play “Salt Peanuts,” “Night in Tunisia” and “Things to Come.” Helen Humes sings.