TV Series · 2001
Jazz
120 min · Documentary · Ended
Composite
7.7
IMDb
8.6 / 10
2,769 votes
TMDB
7.4 / 10
33 votes
Local
— / 10
No votes
Synopsis
Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the extraordinary men and women who could do something remarkable – create art on the spot. Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that gave birth to and influenced it, and was in turn transformed by it.
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Cast
Keith David
Narrator (voice)
Sidney Bechet
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman
Self (archive footage)
Artie Shaw
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Glenn Miller
Self (archive footage)
Dave Brubeck
Self (archive footage)
Art Tatum
Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)
Art Blakey
Self (archive footage)
Charles Mingus
Self (archive footage)
Wynton Marsalis
Self
Miles Davis
Self (archive footage)
Lester Young
Self (archive footage)
Stanley Crouch
Self
Crew
Production
- Ken Burns Producer
- Lynn Novick Producer
Writing
- Geoffrey C. Ward Writer
Seasons & episodes
Miniseries (1 ep)
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10. A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present
Jan 31, 2001 · 109 min
Obviously Ken Burns knows that he can’t fit the last thirty-nine years of jazz history onto two hours of video tape, so from the outset, that shouldn’t be expected. There’s an excellent biography of John Coltrane, and footage of Miles Davis’ wonderful mid-‘60s quintet. There is also a nice, small section on the magnificent Charles Mingus.
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