Passing the Torch documents a ninety year old Jazz master, Jimmy Heath, mentoring teenage musicians with a thirst for knowledge and an appreciation of America's homegrown art form, Jazz. Director Bret Primack captures Heath's gentle, humorous sharing of life lessons and the non-threatening way he guides aspiring artists to musical excellence. An esteemed mentor, Mr. Heath reaches a much younger generation by understanding his role, to be dependable, engaged, authentic, and finely tuned to their needs.
The Magic Sun
Documentary, Music
6.2
The Scientist of Sound
Documentary, Music
0.0
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Documentary, Music
7.1
Cairo Jazzman
Documentary
5.0
Miles Davis Live At Tanglewood 1970
Music, Documentary
0.0
La fabuleuse histoire du jazz à Vienne
Documentary, Music
8.0
Inside Out In the Open
Documentary
5.0
Weird Nightmare
Documentary, Music
0.0
How It Breathes
Documentary
0.0
Red Light Solo
Documentary
8.0
Grass Is Greener
Documentary
6.7
Jazz is my Native Language: A Portrait of Toshiko Akiyoshi
Documentary, Music
0.0
Chasing Trane
Documentary, Music
7.3
I Called Him Morgan
Music, Documentary, History
7.2
The World of the Seekers
Comedy, Documentary, Music
0.0
The Case of the Three Sided Dream
Documentary, Music
6.8
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
Documentary, Music
8.0
The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
Music, Documentary
0.0
Cool
Documentary
0.0
Jazzman
Documentary, Music
0.0