blues

Prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s get together for a rare filming…

A 1988 documentary about the life and work of Langston Hughes. Hughes…

Part 2 of trailer for “Lady Sings the Blues.” Shots of Diana Ross…

Part 1 of trailer for “Lady Sings the Blues.” Close-up of Diana Ross…

Very early recordings from the field to vinyl record. Blues musicians…

Footage of early African American music (roots of soul and blues) as…

Commercial for Levi’s 501 jeans; a blues guitar player sings a song…

A woman is laying on the floor in front of a door in a bedroom, she…

Bessie Smith stands at a bar in a bar singing a blues song. She is…

Bessie Smith is shown standing at a bar in a bar singing a sad blues…

There is a wide shot of a bar or nightclub where a woman is standing…

A jazz band is playing a happy song at a nightclub. The first shot…