Lady Sings the Blues (1972) The biopic of Billie Holiday, perhaps blues' original matriarch, features Diana Ross in the lead. https://www.youtube.com/watch? read more
There are all kinds of “top ten” lists on the Internet. Search Google for blues movies and you’ll find them. Even Wikipedia has a list of films about blues music. Like Oliver Holmes-Gunning I’d recommend The Blues Brothers, of course, but also Crossroads from 1986. read more
And movies are an important part of that. John Zorn baptized his hardcore-jazz band Naked City as a tribute to the Noir movie from 1948. He is still alive and making pretty interesting jazz music in his projects. Angelo Badalamenti writes brilliant jazz soundtracks to David Lynch. Jazz is, has been and always will be alive and well. read more