Jazz

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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,...read more
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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

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# Title Air Date
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

Ken Burns

Writers

Geoffrey C. Ward

Cast

Producers

Editors

Sarah E. Hill, Sandra Christie, Lewis Erskine, Erik Ewers, Craig Mellish, Tricia Reidy, Aaron Vega, Shannon Robards, Paul Barnes

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