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Below are the complete listings for films that will be featured on the Hard Bop Theater. The majority of links go directly to Amazon at present, but all will eventually have a featured page with photos and lists of related products. The selection of films on jazz is broken into two categories, Hollywood films featuring jazz, and Documentaries which includes history, biographies, and performances.
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| Title | Year | Director | Format | Music of |
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| New Orleans | 1947 | Arthur Lubin | VHS / DVD | Louis Armstrong |
| Paris Blues | 1961 | Martin Ritt | VHS | Duke Ellington |
| Too Late Blues | 1961 | John Cassavetes | OOP | Benny Carter |
| A Man Called Adam | 1966 | Leo Penn | VHS | Nat Adderley |
| Sweet Love Bitter | 1966 | Herbert Danska | VHS | Charles McPherson |
| Lady Sings the Blues | 1972 | Sidney Furie | VHS | Diana Ross |
| New York, New York | 1977 | Martin Scorsese | VHS | Georgie Auld |
| The Cotton Club | 1984 | Francis Ford Coppola | VHS / DVD | Bob Wilbur |
| The Gig | 1985 | Frank D. Gilroy | VHS | Warren Vache |
| Round Midnight | 1986 | Bertrand Tavernier | VHS / DVD | Dexter Gordon |
| Bird | 1988 | Clint Eastwood | VHS / DVD | Charlie Parker |
| American Blue Note | 1989 | Ralph Toporoff | VHS | Larry Schanker |
| Fabulous Baker Boys | 1989 | Steve Kloves | VHS / DVD | Dave Grusin |
| Mo' Better Blues | 1990 | Spike Lee | VHS / DVD | Terence Blanchard |
| Lush Life | 1993 | Michael Ellis | VHS / DVD | Bob Cooper |
| Kansas City | 1995 | Robert Altman | VHS | David Murray |
| Sweet & Lowdown | 1999 | Woody Allen | VHS / DVD | Howard Alden |
| Ray | 2004 | Taylor Hackford | VHS / DVD | Ray Charles |
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| Title | Year | Format | Subject |
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| Jazz: The History of America's Music | 2000 | VHS /DVD | History |
| Storyville: The Naked Dance | 1990 | VHS / DVD | New Orleans |
| Louis Armstrong: Satchmo | 1990 | VHS / DVD | Louis Armstrong |
| The Intimate Duke Ellington | 1967 | VHS / DVD | Duke Ellington |
| Lady Day | 1991 | VHS / DVD | Billie Holiday |
| The Last of Blue Devils | 1980 | VHS / DVD | Kansas City |
| Swingin' the Blues | 1992 | VHS | Count Basie |
| The Sound of Jazz | 1957 | VHS / DVD | Performance |
| A Great Day in Harlem | 1995 | VHS / DVD | History / NYC |
| Celebrating Bird | 1988 | VHS / DVD | Charlie Parker |
| Biography: Dizzy Gillespie | 1998 | VHS | Dizzy Gillespie |
| Straight, No Chaser | 1989 | VHS / DVD | Thelonious Monk |
| More Than You Know | 1964 | VHS | Dexter Gordon |
| Blue Note: Story of Modern Jazz | 1997 | VHS | History / Bop |
| One Night With Blue Note | 1985 | DVD | Performance |
| The Coltrane Legacy | 1999 | VHS / DVD | John Coltrane |
| Triumph of Underdog | 1997 | VHS / DVD | Charles Mingus |
| The Miles Davis Story | 2002 | VHS / DVD | Miles Davis |
| Imagine the Sound | 1981 | VHS | History / Free |
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Any comments, additions or suggestions should be adressed to:
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