Jazz
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.
Top Cast
Keith David
Narrator (voice)
Sidney Bechet
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman
Self (archive footage)
Artie Shaw
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Glenn Miller
Self (archive footage)
Dave Brubeck
Self (archive footage)
Art Tatum
Self (archive footage)
Episodes
Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917
Jan 09, 2001
The Gift: 1917-1924
Jan 09, 2001
Our Language: 1924 -1929
Jan 10, 2001
The True Welcome: 1929-1934
Jan 15, 2001
Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937
Jan 17, 2001
Swing: The Velocity of Celebration - 1937-1939
Jan 22, 2001
Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945
Jan 23, 2001
Risk: 1945-1955
Jan 24, 2001
The Adventure: 1956-1960
Jan 29, 2001
A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present
Jan 31, 2001
