"Actor: Norman Granz"

• Norman Granz Presents Improvisation | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In 1944 Norman Granz and Gjon Mili collaborated on a film about jazz music called ""Jammin' The Blues"". Highly successful it was nominated for the Oscar for Best Short Film and is described on the IMDB as ""Maybe the greatest film ever about jazz."" In 1950 they collaborated again on a film about jazz improvisation that was never completed. This footage has now been combined with other film of jazz improvisation shot by Norman Granz at different times and locations to create this new film simply titled ""Improvisation"". Tracklist: 1: Opening Title 2: Ballade 3: Celebrity 4: Ad Lib 5: Pennies From Heaven 6: Blues For Greasy 7: Blues For Joan Miro 8: Nob's Blues 9: Kidney Stew 10: These Foolish Things 11: Ain't Misbehavin' 12: Prelude To A Kiss 13: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me 14: I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 15: Ali and Frazier

• Norman Granz Presents Duke Ellington With Ella Fitzgerald At The Cote D'Azur | DVD | (07/02/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Norman Granz presents Improvisation. This DVD includes fifteen great Jazz tracks as well as a bonus track which interviews Hank Jones Harry Edison and Clark Terry.

• Oscar Peterson - The Life Of A Legend | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This comprehensive DVD documentary film tells the life story of one of Jazz's all-time great pianists, Oscar Peterson; a technical virtuoso and master of swing whose life has been shaped by his own extraordinary talent and driving ambition. We witness the triumphant musical renaissance of the Oscar Peterson Trio: Oscar Peterson, bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis together again after two decades, and we hear firsthand accounts of Oscar's clashes with racism, further complicated by pre...