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Jazz is a 2001 television documentary miniseries, directed by Ken Burns. It was broadcast on PBS in 2001, and was released on DVD and VHS on January 2, 2001 by the same company. Its chronological and thematic episodes provided a history of jazz, emphasizing innovative composers and musicians and American history. Swing musicians Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are the central figures. Several episodes discussed the later contributions of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to bebop, and of Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and John Coltrane to free and cool jazz. Nine episodes surveyed forty-five years (1917–1961), leaving the final episode to cover forty years (1961–2001). The series was produced by Florentine Films in cooperation with the BBC and in association with WETA-TV, Washington.
Original Release
01/08/2001 on PBS
US Release
01/08/2001
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Keith David | Narrator |
Wynton Marsalis | Self / Self - Trumpet / Self - Trumpeter / composer / jazz historian / Self - trumpeter |
Gary Giddins | Self / Self - music critic |
Delroy Lindo | (voice) / Narrator |
Kevin Conway | (voice) / Narrator |
Gerald Early | Self / Self - Writer |
Samuel L. Jackson | (voice) / Narrator |
Philip Bosco | (voice) |
Artie Shaw | (archive footage) / Self / Self (archive footage) / Self - clarinetist / composer / bandleader / actor |
Arvell Shaw | Self / Self - bassist |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917 | Tuesday, 09 January 2001 |
2 | The Gift: 1917-1924 | Tuesday, 09 January 2001 |
3 | Our Language: 1924 -1929 | Wednesday, 10 January 2001 |
4 | The True Welcome: 1929-1934 | Monday, 15 January 2001 |
5 | Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937 | Wednesday, 17 January 2001 |
6 | Swing: The Velocity of Celebration - 1937-1939 | Monday, 22 January 2001 |
7 | Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945 | Tuesday, 23 January 2001 |
8 | Risk: 1945-1955 | Wednesday, 24 January 2001 |
9 | The Adventure: 1956-1960 | Monday, 29 January 2001 |
10 | A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present | Wednesday, 31 January 2001 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Keith David | Narrator |
Wynton Marsalis | Self / Self - Trumpet / Self - Trumpeter / composer / jazz historian / Self - trumpeter |
Gary Giddins | Self / Self - music critic |
Delroy Lindo | (voice) / Narrator |
Kevin Conway | (voice) / Narrator |
Gerald Early | Self / Self - Writer |
Samuel L. Jackson | (voice) / Narrator |
Philip Bosco | (voice) |
Artie Shaw | (archive footage) / Self / Self (archive footage) / Self - clarinetist / composer / bandleader / actor |
Arvell Shaw | Self / Self - bassist |
Stanley Crouch | Self / Self - writer |
Margo Jefferson | Self / Self - writer |
Jimmy Rowles | Self |
Courtney B. Vance | (voice) |
Branford Marsalis | Self |
Ann Duquesnay | (voice) |
Jackie McLean | Self |
James Lincoln Collier | Self - biographer / Self - writer / Self |
George Wein | Self |
Harry Connick Jr. | (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Natalie Bullock Brown | Producer |
Victoria Gohl | Producer |
Ken Burns | Producer |
Lynn Novick | Producer |
Sarah Botstein | Producer |
Peter Miller | Producer |
Madison D. Lacy | Producer |
Shola Lynch | Producer |
Editors
Sarah E. Hill, Sandra Christie, Lewis Erskine, Erik Ewers, Craig Mellish, Tricia Reidy, Aaron Vega, Shannon Robards, Paul Barnes
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming | Nominated |
2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming | Nominated |
2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Non-Fiction Series | Nominated |
2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Non-Fiction Program | Nominated |
2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Non-Fiction Program | Nominated |