Jazz

Jazz

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2001-01-09

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.

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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.

First Aired

2001-01-09

Last Aired

2001-01-31

Seasons

1

Episodes

10

Director

Status

Ended

Genres

Documentary

Language

English

Network

PBS

Production

PBS

Florentine Films

WETA

BBC

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    Keith David

    Keith David
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    Sidney Bechet

    Sidney Bechet
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    Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong
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    Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington
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    Benny Goodman

    Benny Goodman
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    Artie Shaw

    Artie Shaw
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    Billie Holiday

    Billie Holiday
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    Glenn Miller

    Glenn Miller
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    Dave Brubeck

    Dave Brubeck
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    Art Tatum

    Art Tatum
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    John Coltrane

    John Coltrane
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    Art Blakey

    Art Blakey
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    Charles Mingus

    Charles Mingus
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    Wynton Marsalis

    Wynton Marsalis
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    Miles Davis

    Miles Davis
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    Lester Young

    Lester Young
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    Stanley Crouch

    Stanley Crouch