William Claxton Movies
- 1997
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
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"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label...
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- 2008
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
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Trumpeter and vocalist Jack Sheldon, best known to younger viewers for Schoolhouse Rock, tries to "get good." Recovering from many years of substance...
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- 2008
The Cool School
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How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch.
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- 2001
Jazz Seen
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"Jazz Seen" is an exploration of the life of William Claxton, whose photographs turned the world of jazz on its keen and perceptive ear. Various jazz...
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- 1967
Basic Black
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Often cited as the “first fashion film,” Claxton used this is an experiment of women’s imaginative ways of creating self-image. In...
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