Jazz

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Produced for television and first broadcast in 10 episodes on PBS beginning January, 2001.
"PBS DVD gold"--Disc labels.
Insert with episode contents in container for episode 1.
Includes Making of Jazz featurette (20 min.) ; three performances not included in the television broadcast (by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis) ; access during play to information about the performances heard in the program ; access to PBS web site by utilizing DVD-ROM drive on computer.
Episode 1. Gumbo (ca. 90 min.) -- episode 2. The gift (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 3. Our language (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 4. The true welcome (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 5. Swing : pure pleasure (ca. 90 min.) -- episode 6. Swing : the velocity of celebration (ca. 105 min.) -- episode 7. Dedicated to chaos (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 8. Risk (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 9. The adventure (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 10. A masterpiece by midnight (ca. 120 min.).
Narrated by David Keith.
Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990's, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.
DVD, dual-layer, stereo.
DVD-ROM features require a DVD-ROM drive, with Windows 95 or higher, or MacOS 9.0.4 or higher, to access web link.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

How to Love, or At Least, Appreciate, Jazz! submitted by KidBlue on April 13, 2022, 9:58am I am a huge fan of all kinds of American music, but I was always stymied by jazz. Because it’s such an intelligent form of music, I felt like an idiot. I am not an idiot. I watched this remarkable series and it sent me on a path of joyous discovery for this wonderful and beautiful genre of music. One does not have to be an intellectual to appreciate jazz, but in my case, a little knowledge helped.

last episode is terrible submitted by tisaallen on June 18, 2022, 2:59pm This long-form documentary in Ken Burns' trademark style spends a lot of time on the 20s and 30s and Louis Armstrong in particular. The involvement of Wynton Marsalis as artistic director skews things in favor of his biases and the last episode is largely devoted to trashing some of the more adventurous jazz of the 60s and 70s. Wynton's brother Bradford even goes on record calling Cecil Taylor's music "total self-indulgent bullshit." The narrative goes on to depict the Marsalis brothers and other traditionalists as saving jazz in the 80s. It would have been much better as a 9-part documentary called "Early Jazz According to Wynton Marsalis."