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..

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Overview

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.

Cast

Keith David
Keith David
Narrator (voice)
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
Self (archive footage)
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
Self (archive footage)
Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck
Self (archive footage)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum
Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)
Art Blakey
Art Blakey
Self (archive footage)

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