Chamber Music, Music 

Do you remember those musicians who played on the soundtrack of New
York, New York, Last Tango in Paris, Breathless, Anatomy of a Murder, Swing
Time, Monterey Jazz, Last of the Blue Devils, or American Graffiti? Can you
name the screen appearances of Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie
Holiday, Roosevelt Sykes, Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, Sonny Rollins,
Lena Horne? Jazz in the Movies will make sure you never forget, with an index
of t ,477 jazz and blues artists, 80 rare photos, and capsule reviews of nearly
4,000 foreign and domestic films. One of the most exhaustive reference works
on either jazz or the movies ever devised, this new edition pays homage to the
contributions of the two youngest art forms of the 20th century, sights and
sounds that are the signature of our recent history.
David Meeker, the internationally recognized authority on jazz and film, has
arranged special jazz film events in cities around the world including New York,
Berlin, and Madrid. He has acted as consultant for numerous TV and radio
programs and contributed reviews on movies, records, and books to many
journals. Currently he works as Print Research Officer at the British Film
Institute. - from Amzon