Quincy (2018)

This intimately presented biographical documentary is a talented daughter's love letter to her extraordinary father. Rashida Jones's amateur camerawork is full of love. She interviews her dad on camera asking questions the way only a family member could. Quincy Jones is naturally comfortable just chatting among family.  The movie jumps back and forth between two time lines, both marching to the present with tons of old photographs and home video, some really incredible footage from the 1930s/40s. I really like how Quincy soothingly narrates much of his own life story and there are audio clips and cameos of plenty other famous people who have worked with Quincy. It's a really touching movie with a great soundtrack and a fascinating subject.

Keep On Keepin' On (2014)

This was one of the most enjoyable documentaries I have seen. It made me smile a lot.  This film is about two jazz musicians: the legendary trumpeter Clark Terry, and a prodigious blind pianist Justin Kauflin.  But more than that, this film is about their mentor-mentee relationship. Though born 66 years apart, the two of them bond over a love of jazz, Terry's desire to impart his knowledge upon a protege,  and Terry's failing eyesight in his old age.  The filmmaker gets intimate footage inside the Arkansas home of Terry, filming late-night practice sessions.  Terry teaches Kauflin old riffs and melodies by singing them to him as he lays in bed, and Kauflin plays them back perfectly on his keyboard with his guide dog at his side.  It is a touching story of an unlikely friendship with great music.