78
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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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Audiences 78GoodWatch 78
IMDb7.8
Running time
1 h 15 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 music movies, −31 min on the typical 106
typical 10675Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Released
2004
January 1, 2004
22 years ago
Genres
MusicDocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
16 of 16
Count BasieSelf
Duke EllingtonSelf
Ella FitzgeraldSelf
Dizzy GillespieSelf
Coleman HawkinsSelf
Charlie ParkerSelf
Oscar PetersonSelf- BRBuddy RichSelf
Lester YoungSelf
Ray BrownSelf- HJHank JonesSelf
- FPFlip PhillipsSelf
Harry EdisonSelf
Joe PassSelf (archive footage)- BDBobby DurhamSelf
- NØNiels-Henning Ørsted PedersenSelf
Directing · 1
- Norman Granz Director
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