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10 Episodes. Ken Burns follows the growth and development of jazz music. More About Jazz. Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Lesson Plans. Behind ...
Dec 7, 2006 · Although Ken Burns tries bringing the music up-to-date with Wynton Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson, and two jazz-hip-hop-influenced tracks--Herbie Hancock 's robotic "Rockit" and the French-language "Un Aige en Danger" by MC Solaar and bass legend Ron Carter--there are significant holes here.
Jazz has been called the purest expression of American democracy; a music built on individualism and compromise, independence and cooperation. Ken Burns follows the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of New Orleans to Chicago's south side, the speakeasies of Kansas city and to Times Square.
Jan 8, 2001 · 1/9/01. $6.99. From PBS - Speakeasies, flappers, and easy money - it's the Jazz Age, when the story of jazz becomes a tale of two great cities, Chicago and New York, and of two extraordinary artists whose lives and music will span almost three-quarters of a century - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Armstrong grew up on the mean streets of ...
Jan 2, 2001 · Also, since Ken Burns takes a biographical approach to his historical documentaries, much of this series is devoted to chronicling the lives and careers of some of the biggest names in the history of jazz -- Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, etc. -- while other great jazz ...
Count Basie and the Kansas City sound reignite the spirit of swing. By the decade's end, Duke Ellington has been hailed as a hero in Europe, amid anxious preparations for war. And weeks after that war begins, Coleman Hawkins startles the world with a glimpse of what jazz will become, improvising a new music on the old standard, "Body and Soul."
Sep 12, 2017 · On April 19, 1989, a white, female jogger named Trisha Meili was beaten and raped in Manhattan’s Central Park. As she lay comatose, police arrested five black and Hispanic teenagers in ...
