This week on The New Jazz Archive, we explore the shared history of jazz and film—from the role race played in shaping jazz's place at the movies to the music's influence on the genre of film noir. We’ll talk with historian Krin Gabbard about how the movies have shaped our understanding of jazz, and how jazz's association with the seedier side of life helped define the genre of film noir. And we'll take a look at how jazz helped inspire the birth of the music video way back in the 1940s, and chat with best-selling author Michael Connelly about why he's now making a movie about jazz saxophonist and comeback kid Frank Morgan.
Jazz and Film
