what better way to get schooled ....

I'll start

What I recommend:

Standing in the Shadow of Motown (trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I5uvqjOVOo)
Before the music dies ( trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwIiYvLVyZU)
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog ( short clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9stYGxxcujg)
Miles Davis Story
Miles Davis: A different kind of blue (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv1TGo0geXw)
Soul Deep ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFKgZ6CbP7I)
Sam Cooke ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64JC4UzEFlA)
Freestyle: the art of rhyme ( trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chVIfqwkhII)
Scratch ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGrchxm_BBU)
American Masters: Marvin Gaye
Unsung Donny Hathaway ( http://soulassassins.com/?p=5219)

What I want to see (this should be a good year):

Day in Harlem ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=100iB7_lI0c)
Teo Maceo: Play That teo (http://www.teomacero.com/main.html)
Bill Withers:Still Bill (http://stillbillthemovie.com)
Soul Power ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siONENsMMH4)
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7yJouQ28ps)