This new searchable database documents the work of some 1,000 major jazz
and blues figures in more than 14,000 cinema, television and video productions.
David Meeker compiled the database as a result of research undertaken
on and off over a period of some 40 years while he was employed by the
British Film Institute and attending and working with international film
festivals, film institutes and archives across Europe and the United States.
For example, if you want information about Clint Eastwood's 1988 film,
"Bird," a biopic of Charlie Parker, type "bird" in
the search box and click on the "main title" radio button and
then "search."
The entry will tell you that Forest Whitaker played Parker, Diane Venora
was Chan Parker and Samuel E. Wright played Dizzy Gillespie. You can also
view an extensive listing of the music and musicians heard in the film.
