Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman in the 1961 movie, "Paris Blues"

Jazz and Film

From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Length: 59:01

In this hour of The New Jazz Archive, we explore the shared history of jazz and film—from the role race played in shaping jazz's place at the movies to the music's influence on the genre of film noir. Read the full description.

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Playing: Jazz and Film
From: Jeff Haas

Paris-blues-240px_small In this hour, we’ll take a look at the century-long relationship between jazz and film. We’ll talk with historian Krin Gabbard about how the movies have shaped our understanding of jazz, and how jazz's association with the seedier side of life helped define the genre of film noir. And we'll take a look at how jazz helped inspire the birth of the music video way back in the 1940s, and chat with best-selling author Michael Connelly about why he's now making a movie about jazz saxophonist and comeback kid Frank Morgan.

Playing: Jazz and Film
From: Jeff Haas

Paris-blues-240px_small In this hour, we’ll take a look at the century-long relationship between jazz and film. We’ll talk with historian Krin Gabbard about how the movies have shaped our understanding of jazz, and how jazz's association with the seedier side of life helped define the genre of film noir. And we'll take a look at how jazz helped inspire the birth of the music video way back in the 1940s, and chat with best-selling author Michael Connelly about why he's now making a movie about jazz saxophonist and comeback kid Frank Morgan.

Playing: Jazz and Film
From: Jeff Haas

Paris-blues-240px_small In this hour, we’ll take a look at the century-long relationship between jazz and film. We’ll talk with historian Krin Gabbard about how the movies have shaped our understanding of jazz, and how jazz's association with the seedier side of life helped define the genre of film noir. And we'll take a look at how jazz helped inspire the birth of the music video way back in the 1940s, and chat with best-selling author Michael Connelly about why he's now making a movie about jazz saxophonist and comeback kid Frank Morgan.

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Piece Description

In this hour, we’ll take a look at the century-long relationship between jazz and film. We’ll talk with historian Krin Gabbard about how the movies have shaped our understanding of jazz, and how jazz's association with the seedier side of life helped define the genre of film noir. And we'll take a look at how jazz helped inspire the birth of the music video way back in the 1940s, and chat with best-selling author Michael Connelly about why he's now making a movie about jazz saxophonist and comeback kid Frank Morgan.

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Alfie's Theme Differently	Sonny Rollins	Alfie.	Impulse! Records	1966	03:44
Paris Blues	Duke Ellington	Paris Blues: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack.	Rykodisc	1998	03:24
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)	Ella Fitzgerald	Cole Porter Songbook, Volume 1.	Verve	1956	03:35
Final, Part 2	Miles Davis	Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Lift To The Scaffold) .	JB Production	2012	03:05
Smooth	Shorty Rogers	The Man With the Golden Arm (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) .	Fresh Sound Records	2011	02:19
You Must Believe In Spring	Frank Morgan	You Must Believe In Spring.	Verve	1992	06:34