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      • 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.
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  2. About the Film. Filmmaker Ken Burns tells the story of jazz — the quintessential American art form. The 10-part series follows the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty...

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  3. Jazz is a 2001 television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns. It was broadcast on PBS in 2001 and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. Its chronological and thematic episodes provided a history of jazz, emphasizing innovative composers and musicians and American history.

  4. The 10-part series follows the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of New Orleans to the Lincoln Gardens on Chicago's south side, where Louis Armstrong first won fame,...

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    Jazz is about minstrelsy and lynching, and the struggle for civil rights. It is about the sufferings of the Great Depression, and the sacrifices our nation made in two world wars. It is also a story about drugs and dissipation and pain – and the life-affirming art that comes out of it all. Share This Film. Tweet.

  6. Episode Guide. Episode 1: Gumbo. Jazz begins in New Orleans, nineteenth century America's most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, Italian opera, Caribbean rhythms, and minstrel...

  7. Jazz. Original title: Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns. TV Mini Series. 2001. 1h 48m. IMDb RATING. 8.6 /10. 2.5K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 5:15. 1 Video. 72 Photos. Documentary History Music. A survey of the musical form's history and major talents. Stars. Keith David. Wynton Marsalis. Gary Giddins. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY.

  8. Although we await the consequences, and regardless of criticism pro and con, Ken Burns's Jazz is a significant undertaking of great magnitude and serious purpose that will be remembered as an influential advocate for America's native art music, jazz.

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