Rare jazz footage from the 1990s — interviews, studio sessions, and behind-the-scenes clips. Browse 14 clips below.
The 1990s saw grunge, Britpop, gangsta rap, electronic music, and the alternative rock explosion reshape the musical landscape. Nirvana, Radiohead, Tupac, Oasis, and Björk were among the defining artists. The decade also marked the early days of the internet and digital video — meaning behind-the-scenes footage from this era is more plentiful but also more scattered. Home camcorder recordings, MTV specials, and early online video captured artists in ways that hadn’t been possible before.
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhy...
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4:08Linda Ronstadt, the ramo, Duran Duran, R.E.M., L.A.B., John Coltrane, Ray Charles, the ram, Ramones, Curtis Mayfield, VAST, The Doors, the ramones, P.O.D., Van Halen, Edwin, Black Sabbath, Y&T, the ramone
3:44J.O.E., Joe Strummer, L.A.B., Herbie Hancock, Head, John Coltrane, ponch, Ween, Jazz band, NME, Tower of Power, poncho sanche, Cher, poncho san, Y&T, poncho sanchez
5:26J.O.E., Joe Strummer, L.A.B., Head, John Coltrane, ponch, Ween, Jazz band, NME, Tower of Power, poncho sanche, Cher, poncho san, Y&T, poncho sanchez
4:55J.O.E., L.A.B., Patti LaBelle, T.O.K., Ringo Starr, Lyle Lovett, Patti Page, NME, Patti Austin, Labelle, The Jazz Singer, Diego, Songwriter, Miles Davis
6:12J.O.E., Valerie Simpson, L.A.B., Patti LaBelle, T.O.K., Ringo Starr, Lyle Lovett, Patti Page, NME, Patti Austin, Labelle, The Jazz Singer, Diego, Songwriter, Miles Davis
11:23John Coltrane, Dave Douglas, Cher
24:26Nina Simone
8:09AdvisoryHead, Newport Jazz Festival, Thelonious Monk, Eric Dolphy, Y&T
50:06duke ellington s, Duke Ellington, duke ellington re
4:58Linda Ronstadt, the ramo, Duran Duran, John Coltrane, Ray Charles, the ram, Ramones, Madonna, Candlebox, The Doors, the ramones, P.O.D., Van Halen, Y&T, the ramone
5:03Billie Holiday
1:16John Coltrane, Miles Davis
39:23Rob Wasserman, Willie Dixon, Paul Simon, Judy Mowatt, Rufus Thomas, Little Milton, NWA, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mavis Staples, Chuck Jackson, Mark Knopfler, Ruth Brown, Patti Austin, Ray Manzarek, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lou Reed, Steve Swallow, Pat Metheny, John Cale, Robert Cray, Miles Davis, Sting
4:05NWA, Thelonious Monk, John Patitucci