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<div>	</div><div>Discover the Stories Behind the Music with Music Documentaries!</div><div> </div><div>Music Documentaries is the ultimate streaming app for music lovers and documentary enthusiasts. Explore a curated collection of captivating films that dive deep into the lives of iconic artists, legendary bands, groundbreaking genres, and unforgettable performances. From the origins of rock and jazz to the evolution of hip-hop and classical masterpieces, there’s something for every music fan to enjoy.</div><div> </div><div>With Music Documentaries, you can create your own favorites list to save the films that inspire you and seamlessly resume playback right where you left off. New documentaries are added weekly, ensuring fresh stories and perspectives to explore every time you log in.</div><div> </div><div>Experience high-quality streaming as you uncover the passion, artistry, and history behind the world’s most influential music and musicians. Whether you’re a casual listener or a die-hard fan, Music Documentaries delivers an unforgettable journey into the heart of music.</div><div> </div><div>Sign-up to Music Documentaries today and start your musical adventure!</div>

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A flamboyant performer, brilliant musician, and one of the founders of jazz fusion, Jaco Pastorius was the most innovative electric bass player of all time, creating a fluid sound on the fretless bass that leapt out of the rhythm section into the front line.

Jaco Pastorius - Live And Outrageous (2007)

The Jazz Sessions spotlight unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front-row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience.

James Blood Ulmer - Solos: The Jazz Sessions (2008)

This theater performance, was presented "in the round" in 1991 at the Promenade Theater in New York City, had never been seen in its entirety before the initial release of the DVD. Abbey Lincoln looks exquisite and is backed by a stellar jazz quintet. The show offers original compositions including :"Bird Alone" and "When I'm Called Home" as well as standards like "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime". 

Abbey Lincoln: Great Women Singers (2005)

This 1993 live performance at New York's intimate jazz club The Blue Note, finds Chaka in the musical environment where she has always felt most creative. In great voice and surrounded by five great jazzmen, she performs a rare catalog of songs closely associated with jazz including "Take The "A" Train,", "My Funny Valentine," plus "Summertime" and "I Loves You Porgy" ,

Chaka Khan: Great Women Singers (1993)

As beautiful as she is talented, this live performance at the famed Blues Alley in Washington, DC, was produced in 1993 and originally intended to air on A

Nancy Wilson: Great Women Singers (2005)

A memorable evening with captivating jazz singer Sarah Vaughan was taped in 1985 and offers a rare recorded "in person" performance of Sarah Vaughan. It has never been seen before and provides us a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a vocally supreme presentation by the legendary singer

Jazz Performances