Alexander von Schlippenbach is one of the top jazz avant-garde pianists and composers in Europe. The film accompanies the musician to rehearsals and concerts. It shows him working together with his wife, the pianist Aki Takase, with whom he leads the…

Friar Alessandro is a modest monk living in the hilltop monastery of Assisi and an award winning recording artist. He is a charming and spiritual young man with a gentle tenor voice whose musical message of hope, peace and brotherly love is…

In a live recording from the Amerikahaus, Munich, Gulda reveals the versatility of his keyboard playing. On the clavichord he plays three preludes and fugues from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier; on the piano, his own re-working of Schubert's Der…

These two great jazz players - vibraphonist Gary Burton and pianist Makoto Ozone - both noted for their virtuoso technique and innovative style, came together to give a concert of improvised music.They delighted the audience with their fluid, poetic…

Georgie Fame is "Yeah, Yeah!" and " The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde", but with his unmistakable voice and his special hammond organ sound, he is also a past master of R&B. Now Georgie Fame is making a triumphal comeback with "The Blue Flames".

The Herbie Hancock Trio, with Hancock on piano, Buster Williams on bass and Al Foster on drums, plays together with the famous vocalist Bobby McFerrin and saxophonist Michael Brecker, in a live concert from the Munich Philharmonie. In the second half…

Guided by two children and several stars of the classical music scene, our film takes us to the picturesque location of Nürnberg. In St. Lorenz Church, Enoch zu Gutenberg conducts Christmas music and Christmas Carols. James Galway and friends perform…

This special features three highly individualized performances to illustrate the many different ways Jazz can be performed.

This particular performance shows world-class piano player Joanne Brackeen with a quite unusual line up, consisting of Pat Metheny's drummer Danny Gottlieb, Lonnie Plaxico of Steve Coleman's Five Elements Band and Donald Harrison, a unique sax player…

Maria João and Aki Takase are a musical explosion all by themselves. Combine them with bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted- Pedersen and you've got a jazz trio that blows the walls off.