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Miles Ahead is a 2015 biographical-drama film directed by and starring Don Cheadle as jazz musician Miles Davis. The film covers Davis' career, personal life, and musical compositions in a non-linear and fictional way.
La La Land is a film by Damien Chazelle starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a jazz pianist and an actress who fall in love in Los Angeles. The film won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and is widely acclaimed as one of the best films of the 2010s.
Learn about the 1975 American musical based on a play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, about two women accused of murder in the jazz age. Find out the songs, the original Broadway and West End productions, the film adaptation and the longest-running revival in Broadway history.
Chicago is a film adaptation of a stage musical based on a 1926 play, set in 1920s Chicago. It follows two murderers, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, who compete for fame and attention in the media and the courtroom.
The soundtrack album of the 2002 musical film Chicago, starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and others. It features the original songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb, and won a Grammy Award and several nominations.
Cabaret is a musical based on Christopher Isherwood's stories of his life in 1930s Berlin, where he witnessed the rise of Nazism and the decline of the cabaret culture. The musical follows the love affairs and struggles of American writer Clifford Bradshaw, English singer Sally Bowles, and others in the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy nightspot that reflects the political turmoil.
Whiplash is a critically acclaimed drama film about a young jazz drummer who faces abuse and pressure from his teacher at a prestigious music school. The film won three Oscars, including Best Supporting Actor for J. K. Simmons, and is considered one of the best films of the 2010s.
A musical drama film starring Neil Diamond as a young singer who leaves his Jewish cantor father and pursues his pop career. The film was a box office success but a critical flop, while the soundtrack became Diamond's most popular album.