J.J. Johnson (Sound Department)

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label that was home to such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins. Blue Note, the most successful movie ever made about jazz, is a testimony to the passion and vision of these two men and certainly swings like the propulsive sounds that made their label so famous.

Release Date1997-10-01

Charactersd Self

Vote Count7

Shaft

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Release Date1971-06-23

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Vote Count397

Willie Dynamite

Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life while it is still possible.

Release Date1974-01-23

DepartmentSound

JobMusic

Vote Count26

Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street

Life is anything but normal for Gortimer and his two best friends, Ranger and Mel, as they navigate Normal Street - an ordinary suburb that has a hint of something magical just beneath the surface.

Release Date2014-02-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count39

Vote Count20

Across 110th Street

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?

Release Date1972-12-19

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Vote Count124

Chirp

Release Date2015-02-06

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

Top of the Heap

A Black cop is pushed over the edge when he is passed over for a promotion, leading him on a violent personal crusade against criminals punctuated by feverish psychedelic dream visions.

Release Date1972-06-02

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Vote Count14

Cleopatra Jones

After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.

Release Date1973-07-13

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Vote Count72

Murder Me, Murder You

Private eye Mike Hammer probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.

Release Date1983-04-09

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Vote Count4

Crunch

Detective goes after drug-dealers in Manhattan.

Release Date1976-01-01

DepartmentSound

JobMusic