JAZZ A FILM by KEN BURNS
Episode 1 "Gumbo" (Beginnings to 1917) of 10 Episodes
Label: PDS
Released:2001
Duration: 1hr 26mn
Language: English
Format: Mpeg4]


Jazz, a documentary by Ken Burns, is a celebration of a unique American art form and of the people that made it. Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie—these are the illustrious names that fill the history of jazz. Burns begins at the beginning—in New Orleans—then traces jazz’ history from Dixieland to Avant-Garde, from the East Coast to the West Coast, from predictable ensembles to totally free improvising. Jazz wants to re-introduce the viewer to this grand, uniquely American art form; it wants to remind the viewer just how special a Charles Mingus is; and it wants to remind the viewer of the contributions and sacrifices that African Americans have made to bring this music to the culture.
"Gumbo" traces the roots of jazz from the 1800s to 1917. The viewer will catch glimpses of Jelly Roll Morton, who erroneously claimed to have invented jazz, and the tragic, though influential, figure of trumpeter Buddy Bolden. 
Credits
Ken Burns—Director/Producer/Cinematography
Lynn Novick--Producer
Geoffrey C. Ward—Screenwriter 
Buddy Squires—Cinematography 
Keith David—Narrator
Paul Barnes—Film Editor

Episodes 2 -10 to follow.


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