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American Masters:: Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (TVE)

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This documentary, produced by actor-producer-director Clint Eastwood, reflects on the life and journey of Bennett, using both archival and recent footages, including never before seen clips from his performance at the 2005 Monterey Jazz Festival.

American Masters:: Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For (TVE)

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Writer-director Charlotte Zwerin performs sleight of hand with this beautifully composed documentary, originally produced for public television’s American Masters series. Created nearly four years after Ella Fitzgerald’s death, Zwerin’s film uses the lush voice and superb repertoire of “the First Lady of Song” to provide continuity while assembling convincing, if composite, narrative quotes gleaned from various interviews. The latter are noteworthy given the singer’s lifelong modesty and insistence on privacy. Archival footage of early performances, as well as later television appearances, capture Ella’s pilgrimage from Depression-era New York, through her discovery at the Apollo Theater and subsequent emergence as a swing vocalist and on to her long career as a matchless pop and jazz stylist. Tony Bennett is a sympathetic narrator, while added affection and insight are provided through

Johnny Mercer: The Dream’s on Me (TV)

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Admired and praised by the likes of Irving Berlin and Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer has been described as “one of our great folk poets” and “the most perfect American lyricist”. Throughout his extraordinary career, he collaborated with hundreds of composers to write legendary movie songs such as “Hooray for Hollywood”, “Jeepers Creepers” and “Moon River”. Mercer then went on to co-found Capitol Records in 1942 and became a successful Broadway producer of St. Louis Woman and L’il Abner.

American Masters:: Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues (TVE)

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The authoritative documentary on Country Music’s most influential figure.

Sinatra and Friends (TV)

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sinatra and Friends was a television special that aired on April 21, 1977. Featuring contemporary artists such as John Denver and Natalie Cole, as well as Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Loretta Lynn, Leslie Uggams and Robert Merrill, Sinatra performs duets of standards in different styles such as folk and disco in addition to each singer performing solo.

Truth in Terms of Beauty

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

Photographer Herman Leonard has enjoyed a distinguished career as a top fashion and travel photographer.

Tony Bennett: An American Classic (TV)

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

A celebration of the life of musical icon Tony Bennett on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The special charts Bennetts career by faithfully re-creating venues from his past. Bennett is joined for each number by the artists that collaborated with him on his Duets album.

“King”

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister in the South of the 1950s until his assassination in Memphis in 1968.

Sleep Eaters

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Gaga: Five Foot Two

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

Go behind the scenes with pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a bold new album and prepares for her Super Bowl halftime show.