- Country: UK, USA
- Genres: Documentary, History, Music
- Release: 2001-01-08
- Director: N/A
- Writers: N/A
- Language: English
- Stars: Keith David (I) , Delroy Lindo , Kevin Conway , Samuel L. Jackson , Philip Bosco
- Runtime: 5 min
- Awards: Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. 2 wins & 7 nominations total
- AKA: Jazz (United Kingdom) , Jazz (Germany) , Jazz , Jazz (United States of America) , Джаз (Russian Federation)
- Plot: This series explores the history of the major American musical form. We track its development in African American culture, its rise to prominence with its golden age of popularity spanning from the 1920's to the mid 1940's both in its original form and in Swing through its popular decline and the rise of vital new sub-genres into the present day. Along the way, we learn of the lives and work of major contributors to the form such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Charlie "Bird" Parker and many others who helped form Jazz into the vibrant musical form it is. Moreover, we see how the music reflected the political and social issues of the African American community over the course of the form's history.
- IMDB:tt0221300
Jazz Cast · · · ALL
Keith David
(I)
Narrator
Sidney Bechet
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman
Self (archive footage)
Artie Shaw
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Glenn Miller
Self (archive footage)
Dave Brubeck
Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)
Art Blakey
Self (archive footage)
Charles Mingus
Self (archive footage)
Wynton Marsalis
Self
Miles Davis
Self (archive footage)
Lester Young
Self (archive footage)