Jazz

A stately, affectionate stroll through photographs and horns, rich with music and history, rewarding patience with deep immersion.

Created by

Ken Burns

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong

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.

How it feels

Earnest, warm and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Music, art, race, identity

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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