Lambert & Co. is currently streaming on The Criterion Channel

Lambert & Co. (1964)Documentary, MusicRating 43/100

A longtime fan of American jazz vocalist Dave Lambert, D. A. Pennebaker jumped at the chance to film him auditioning a new group of singers at RCA in 1964. The resulting film helped the director understand his artistic mission—as he put it, “Recording people and music as a kind of popular history that might not otherwise exist.”

Cast: Dave Lambert, Mary Vonnie, Sarah Boatner, Leslie Dorsey, David Lucas

Director: Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker