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Similar Movies:

The Blues Brothers

Köln 75

Glenn Fredly: The Movie

Music Inn

Sweet and Lowdown

New York, New York

Bill Evans Time Remembered

Trilok Gurtu Trio at Nord Sea Jazz Festival

Boléro

Crossroads

The Glenn Miller Story

'Round Midnight

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Killer Diller

Bird

Blues in the Night

Ray

Du levande

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

American Pop