Music is a wonderful form of art that has only been enriched with cinema, allowing the creation of on-screen musicals that are a lot more widely available than theatre performances, as well as the production of documentaries and biopics or simply fictitious stories about singers and musicians.
One of the most fascinating and emotional music genres is jazz, with many legendary names of performers and composers written down in history for their impeccable talent and mastery of the complex and affective chords and transitions that were and still are so popular.
Although the list of great jazz movies could go on forever, here are 10 of some of the most notable movies in cinematic history about jazz and the souls of its followers.
I was inspired by attending the Rochester Jazz Festival this week.
