You could easily lose 10 years of your life studying Philadelphia's music history — just ask the director of " The Philly Sound ...
Heard 'Round the World ," who spent a decade on the city's brand of soul alone. While that documentary is not yet available to watch, these movies now streaming or on demand offer a primer on some of Philly's best and brightest musicians. They span genres of jazz, R&B, rock and pop and some of them aren't quite household names yet.
But their documentaries offer an intimate look at music and the people who make it, right here in Philadelphia: I Called Him Morgan Jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan caught Dizzy Gillespie's eye when he was still a teen in Tioga. The musical prodigy soon toured the country with Gillespie's and later Art Blakey's bands, but he spent much of his career and adult life in New York, where he also met his untimely end at the age of 33. "I Called Him Morgan" functions as a dual portrait of the musician and the woman who killed him, his wife Helen.
The documentary relies on interviews with friends and fellow musicians, as well as an account from Helen recorded just a month before she died, to sketch out the couple's life together. The result is melancholy and a bit wistful, like so many great jazz standards. Where to watch: Available to rent for $2.
99 on Prime and Fandango at Home, $3.99 on Apple TV, Google Play and YouTube Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me Fans and friends of Teddy Pendergrass describe him as the "king of Phi.
