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Here's a great film about Miles Davis that is basically a roundtable discussion with Marcus Miller, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Heath, Ron Carter, Roy Haynes and James Moody:

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'Round Miles : A Miles Davis Documentary

YouTube video by Round Miles - 2022 Documentary

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December 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM

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Here's a great documentary on saxophonist, flautist, bass clarinetist and composer Eric Dolphy:

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Eric Dolphy-Last Date (Full Documentary)

YouTube video by Clyde Johnston

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December 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM

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Here's a documentary on electronic music composer Morton Subotnick:

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Subotnick: Portrait of an Electronic Music Pioneer (2022)

This portrait of pioneering musician and composer Morton Subotnick offers an intimate look at the life of a seminal artist in electronic music.

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December 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM

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Here's a great documentary about pianist and composer Thelonious Monk:

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Thelonious Monk: American Composer

YouTube video by Chris Maxfield

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December 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM

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Here's a great documentary on jazz tenor saxophonist Don Byas. Partly in Dutch but you can figure most of it out even if you don't speak the language. Featuring the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis big band and Papa Joe Jones at the Village Vanguard.

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DON BYAS DOCUMENTARY COMPLETE (Almost)

YouTube video by milan simich

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December 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM

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Here's a documentary about British jazz in the 60s. With John Surman, John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, John Marshall, Evan Parker, Louis Moholo, Dave Holland:

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Jazz Britannia Ep2: Strange Brew

YouTube video by orangefunk

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November 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM

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Here's a BBC documentary about pianist, composer and bandleader Sun Ra:

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Sun Ra - Brother From Another Planet - 2005 BBC Documentary by Don Letts

YouTube video by CEddy10165

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November 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM

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Here's a great documentary on saxophonist and composer John Coltrane:

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"Chasing Trane" The John Coltrane Documentary 2016

YouTube video by Anthony Fields

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November 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM

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Here's a documentary on the history of the tenor saxophone in jazz hosted by Branford Marsalis:

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Tenor Titans (Documentary) 1992

YouTube video by Hino's Jazz

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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM

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Here's a great documentary on saxophonist and flute player Thomas Chapin:

youtu.be/6TDPhgDdMRk?...

Night Bird Song: The Incandescent Life Of Thomas Chapin (Ultimate Jazz Documentary)

YouTube video by Amplified - Classic Rock & Music History

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Here's a great documentary on German producer/engineer and musician Conny Plank. Known for his groundbreaking work with German bands in the 70s such as Neu!, Kraftwerk and Cluster:

youtu.be/eQJTKwxltxg?...

The Greatest Producer You Never Knew: The Genius of Conny Plank | Full 70s Rock Documentary

YouTube video by Amplified - Classic Rock & Music History

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Here's a great documentary on German producer/engineer and musician Conny Plank. Known for his groundbreaking work with German bands in the 70s such as Neu!, Kraftwerk and Cluster:

youtu.be/eQJTKwxltxg?...

The Greatest Producer You Never Knew: The Genius of Conny Plank | Full 70s Rock Documentary

YouTube video by Amplified - Classic Rock & Music History

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October 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM

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Here's a great documentary on German producer/engineer and musician Conny Plank. Known for his groundbreaking work with German bands in the 70s such as Neu!, Kraftwerk and Cluster:

youtu.be/eQJTKwxltxg?...

The Greatest Producer You Never Knew: The Genius of Conny Plank | Full 70s Rock Documentary

YouTube video by Amplified - Classic Rock & Music History

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October 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM

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Here's a great documentary on saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter:

youtu.be/PNoGqKdZ4jk?...

the language of the unknown: a film about the wayne shorter quartet (docu, bluray)

YouTube video by I See The Land

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October 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM

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Here's a great documentary on drummer and composer Paul Motian:

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Paul Motian - Motian in Motion (2022)

A love letter from fellow musicians to the legendary jazz drummer who forever changed the established rules and role of the drummer as timekeeper.

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October 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM

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Here's a BBC documentary on saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker:

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BBC4 Legends The Charlie Parker Story

YouTube video by Mendoza Jazz

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October 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM

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Here's a great documentary on Brazilian composer/pianist/multi-instrumentalist/being of pure musical energy Hermeto Pascoal with English subtitles:

youtu.be/6Kiie_wVYIk?...

Os Sons de Hermeto

YouTube video by Manuel Flores Jr

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October 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM

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Here's a great documentary about bassist, composer, innovator Charles Mingus:

youtu.be/knPGsa3B4D4?...

Charles Mingus - Triumph Of The Underdog

YouTube video by Markus Breuss

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October 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM

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Here's a great short documentary about pianist Kenny Kirkland. Featuring Jeff Tain Watts, Billy Hart, Rodney Jones and Sting:

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Doctone: The Life & Music of Kenny Kirkland. w/ Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Sting, Jason Moran & Billy Hart

YouTube video by Noah Haidu

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October 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM

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Here's a great documentary on drummer, bandleader, one-man university Art Blakey.

Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Walter Davis Jr. Donald Harrison, Terrence Blanchard, Bobby Watson, Courtney Pine, Mulgrew Miller:

youtu.be/qfugtj-1BvU?...