Dan Morgenstern: Filmography
Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns
TV Mini-Series (2001)
Morgenstern: Advisor, Music Consultant
Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys
(4 episodes)
- "The True Welcome": 1929-1934
- "Our Language": 1924 -1929
- "The Gift": 1917-1924
- "Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917"
Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo
Documentary | 15 December 2006 (USA)
Filmmaker Gary Keys crafts a compelling tribute to late jazz icon Duke Ellington with stunning sound and rare footage.
Morgenstern: Cast Member
The Jazz Ambassadors (2018)
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington.
Morgenstern: Special Thanks
It Must Schwing - The Blue Note Story (2018)
Documentary | 31 August 2018 (USA)
In 1939, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two young émigrés from Berlin, founded the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records in New York. The label dedicated itself exclusively to the recording of American jazz music and developed its own unmistakeable recording style and sound.
Morgenstern: Cast Member - Himself
The Pleasures of Being Out of Step 2015
Documentary: The Pleasures of Being Out of Step - Notes on the Life of Nat Hentoff
A profile of legendary jazz writer and civil libertarian Nat Hentoff, whose career tracks the greatest cultural and political movements of the last 65 years.
Morgenstern: Cast member - Himself
Billie Holiday: A Sensation (2015)
Documentary, Music | TV Movie 13 September 2015
A documentary about the legendary Jazz Singer Billie Holiday
Morgenstern: Cast Member - himself
Les rendez-vous du dimanche TV Series (1977)
Les rendez-vous du dimanche French
"Sunday's Meetings"
TV Episode dated 16 October 1977
Morgenstern: Cast: Himself (as Dan)
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
- Episode #16.82 (1977)
Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.
Morgenstern: Cast: Himself - Jazz Critic
Prohibition: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
PBS TV Mini-Series (2011) 6 hours
Morgenstern: Advisor, Music Consultant
(3 episodes)
- "A Nation of Hypocrites"
- "A Nation of Scofflaws"
- "A Nation of Drunkards"
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
31 October 1990 (France)
A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with friends and family about the offbeat genius.
Morgenstern: (additional thanks - as Dan)
Play That, Teo
(Documentary) 2019
There's a good chance that anyone with a music collection has at least one recording by Teo Macero. From Miles Davis' KIND OF BLUE - #12 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums, and BITCHES BREW (#94) - to Dave Brubeck's TIME OUT, to Simon & Garfunkel's THE GRADUATE, to Broadway's A CHORUS LINE, Teo made history with his uncompromising attitude and groundbreaking recording innovations. But when Teo joined Columbia in 1956, he hadn't produced a single record. This is the story of how he did it...all.
Morgenstern: Cast member - Himself
The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith (2015)
Documentary, Biography, History | 23 September 2016 (USA)
Art, obsession and anxiety permeate a dilapidated Manhattan loft building in Mid-century: The first movie to use photographer W. Eugene Smith's massive, fly-on-the-wall archive of photos and audio tapes documenting the likes of jazz greats Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Giuffre, Hall Overton and others at work and play in the Sixth Avenue wreck that was Smith's home and studio from 1957 through the '60s.
Morgenstern: Interviewee
Finding Carlton - 2011
Uncovering the Story of Jazz in India
Finding Carlton, the HD documentary of the story of jazz in India, explores the African American jazz diaspora in South Asia, and brings to life a remarkable example of early cultural globalization. As this unique history emerges, jazz historian Dan Morgenstern provides essential insight and observations.
NET Festival 1969
USA
(TV Series documentary)
Morgenstern - Host
Coleman Hawkins: In Memoriam (1969)
Billie Holiday: Sensational Lady 2001
Documentary | Episode aired 31 July 2001 "Reputations" (1994–2002)
Season 8 Episode 4
Morgenstern: Cast member - Himself, jazz historian
2008 CMT Music Awards (2008)
Music | TV Special 14 April 2008
Morgenstern: business services: MTVN