Jazz Icons

Rising Tones Cross

“Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny”, sung Frank Zappa. Not only has the lively jazz scene proved that jazz does go on forever but also the films which deal with this music and its artists.

The crème de la crème of blues, swing and bebop: an excursion through the history of jazz.

Thelonious Monk – Straight, No Chaser

Ornette: Made in America

Mary Lou Williams – Music on my Mind