Eric Dolphy

Jazz Icons: John Coltrane nos dá uma visão geral épico de 95 minutos de um verdadeiro gigante da música do século 20. Três shows separados revelam a trajetória criativa de Coltrane. De inovador hard bop membro do Miles Davis Quartet em 1960, para consumado bandleader em 1961 e chegando ao incomparável visionário do jazz em 1965. Este DVD não só apresenta quarteto clássico de Trane com Elvin Jones (bateria), Jimmy Garrison (baixo) e McCoy Tyner (piano), mas também o destaca no palco com outras lendas do jazz, incluindo Stan Getz, Eric Dolphy e Oscar Peterson. Inclui versões alucinantes de suas marcantes músicas "My Favorite Things" e "Impressions".

A documentary about the weeks leading up to the early death of jazz legend Eric Dolphy. Centered around his last month alive and the titular record done in Holland with Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink, the documentary traces his LA roots up through the last Charles Mingus tour that led Dolphy to stay in Europe in 1964. The interviews are with a host of contemporaries like Richard Davis, Ted Curson, Nathan Davis and those involved in the Last Date recording. The rare archival footage of Dolphy is riveting. The pictures provided by friends and family also show an intense young man whose future success was assured.

An almost blind writer moves to a hidden property in an Alpine village with a female friend, Renata. The two play sado-masochistic games including long recitals of elaborate texts. A neighbor, Serge, gets interested in the mysterious couple.

This pre-AIDS film offers an explicit exploration of gay male sexuality. Dealing with sexual love and sexual hunger this film shows how tenderness can enter into the male sexual act.

Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.