Cocktail Party Jazz

The jazzy ambience around sophisticated individuals deep in conversation—about beat poetry, the plight of the uneducated, and the finer notes of the full-bodied Pinot Noir they’re savoring. Damien Chazelle has been speaking non-stop about Coltrane for the last two hours. Miles told him to stop playing what’s there and start playing what’s not there—and what’s not there is silence. Jo Jones got so mad he threw a cymbal at Damien’s head. Luckily, it missed Damien and hit Charlie Parker instead, who metamorphosed into Bird on the spot. Duke Ellington, unfortunately, missed this; he’d already left to take the A train home before the subway stopped running.

22.5 hours, 255 songs

Clips: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), La La Land (2016), Midnight in Paris (2011), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Talladega Nights (2006), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Kids on the Slope (2012), [Bird (1988) + Whiplash (2014)], Cowboy Bebop (1997), La La Land (2016), La Dolce Vita (1960), Green Book (2018), Casablanca (1942), Chicago (2002)