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Jazz

Tue, Jan 9, 2001
  • Documentary
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

Where to watch

Streaming on

  • PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel↗
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Keith David
    Keith David
    as Narrator (voice)
  • S
    Sidney Bechet
    as Self (archive footage)
  • Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong
    as Self (archive footage)
  • Duke Ellington
    Duke Ellington
    as Self (archive footage)
  • Benny Goodman
    Benny Goodman
    as Self (archive footage)
  • Artie Shaw
    Artie Shaw
    as Self (archive footage)
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Episodes

1 season · 10 episodes

Ended · 10 aired
Season 1
10 episodes · 10 aired
▾
  • E1
    Gumbo, Beginnings to 1917
    Aired · Tue, Jan 9, 2001 · 115m

    1 - "Gumbo" - (beginnings To 1917) - Blues, Louisiana Creole music, minstrel shows, New Orleans jazz, Original Dixieland Jass Band, ragtime - Personalities: Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Freddie Keppard, Jelly Roll Morton, James Reese Europe, Nick LaRocca

  • E2
    The Gift, 1917 - 1924
    Aired · Tue, Jan 9, 2001 · 115m

    2 - "The Gift" - (1917–1924) - Chicago jazz, Harlem Renaissance, New Orleans jazz, World War - Personalities: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, James Reese Europe, Fletcher Henderson, James P. Johnson, King Oliver, Willie Smith, Paul Whiteman

  • E3
    Our Language, 1924 - 1929
    Aired · Wed, Jan 10, 2001 · 115m

    3 - "Our Language" - (1924–1928) - Cotton Club, Harlem Renaissance, Savoy Ballroom - Personalities: Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Artie Shaw, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters

  • E4
    The True Welcome, 1929 - 1935
    Aired · Mon, Jan 15, 2001 · 115m

    4 - "The True Welcome" - (1929–1935) - Great Depression, Lindy hop, swing music - Personalities: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, John Hammond, Fletcher Henderson, Billy Rose, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Chick Webb

  • E5
    Swing: Pure Pleasure, 1935 - 1937
    Aired · Wed, Jan 17, 2001 · 115m

    5 - "Swing: Pure Pleasure" - (1935–1937) - Discrimination in public accommodations, Great Depression, Savoy Ballroom, swing music - Personalities: Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Chick Webb, Teddy Wilson

  • E6
    Swing: The Velocity of Celebration, 1937 - 1939
    Aired · Mon, Jan 22, 2001 · 115m
  • E7
    Dedicated to Chaos, 1943 - 1945
    Aired · Tue, Jan 23, 2001 · 115m
  • E8
    Risk, 1945 - 1949
    Aired · Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · 115m
  • E9
    The Adventure, 1956 - 1960
    Aired · Mon, Jan 29, 2001 · 115m
  • E10
    A Masterpiece by Midnight, 1960 to the Present
    Aired · Wed, Jan 31, 2001 · 115m