Jazz

Miniseries

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.
10 Episodes
  • Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917
    Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917Episode 1
  • The Gift: 1917-1924
    The Gift: 1917-1924Episode 2
  • Our Language: 1924 -1929
    Our Language: 1924 -1929Episode 3
  • The True Welcome: 1929-1934
    The True Welcome: 1929-1934Episode 4
  • Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937
    Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937Episode 5
  • Swing: The Velocity of Celebration - 1937-1939
    Swing: The Velocity of Celebration - 1937-1939Episode 6
  • Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945
    Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945Episode 7
  • Risk: 1945-1955
    Risk: 1945-1955Episode 8
  • The Adventure: 1956-1960
    The Adventure: 1956-1960Episode 9
  • A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present
    A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the PresentEpisode 10
Cast of Miniseries
  • Keith DavidNarrator
  • Sidney BechetSelf (archive footage)
  • Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
  • Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
  • Benny GoodmanSelf (archive footage)
  • Artie ShawSelf (archive footage)
  • Billie HolidaySelf (archive footage)
  • Glenn MillerSelf (archive footage)
  • Dave BrubeckSelf (archive footage)
  • Art TatumSelf (archive footage)
  • John ColtraneSelf (archive footage)
  • Art BlakeySelf (archive footage)
  • Charles MingusSelf (archive footage)
  • Wynton MarsalisSelf
  • Miles DavisSelf (archive footage)
  • Lester YoungSelf (archive footage)

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