Its Paris, 1959. Dale Turner (Dexter Gordon), an aging saxophonist, has come to play at the Blue Note jazz club. A huge, imposing figure whose speech is slurred and gravely, he appears to be either ...

With clubs and concert halls shut down, our musical needs must be satisfied at home. And surely one of the best ways is by watching movies devoted to the subject. With that in mind, here’s one ...

It's a great jazz film, arguably the greatest, because it is so true to the music and the culture surrounding it. It doesn’t just deal with the clichés but also presents the truth, as is typical for ...

Sandra Reaves-Phillips, the actress and singer who appeared in the films ’Round Midnight and Lean on Me and portrayed six legendary divas in a one-woman, tour de force stage show, has died. She was 79 ...

Bertrand Tavernier, the prolific French filmmaker noted for films such as “Coup de Torchon” (1981), “A Sunday in the Country” (1984) and “Round Midnight” (1986), has died. He was 79. The director’s ...

Hands on the floor and legs in the air, a dancer defies the downward pull of gravity by snapping his entire body to the beat. He appears in Alice Wheeler's "Break Dancing at the Chop Suey," one of her ...

He was a regular on the world’s film festival circuit with movies like “Death Watch,” a science-fiction thriller, and “’Round Midnight,” about a jazz musician. By Neil Genzlinger Bertrand Tavernier, a ...

French film director Bertrand Tavernier, who won international acclaim with his 1986 jazz film "Round Midnight", has died, ...

Bertrand Tavernier, the prolific French filmmaker noted for films such as “Coup de Torchon” (1981), “A Sunday in the Country” (1984) and “Round Midnight” (1986), has died. He was 79. The director’s ...