Movie description

For the third part of his American Trilogy--following THE CIVIL WAR and BASEBALL--Ken Burns takes on "that most American of art forms": jazz. The 10-part, 19-hour film begins with the music's roots in post-Civil War New Orleans and concludes roughly a century later. The story focuses not only on the personalities and events that helped define the music but also on the social and cultural climate in which they emerged, making KEN BURNS' JAZZ a film about more than just music.

Credits

Producer:

Ken Burns

Details

Edition:

10-Disc Boxed Set

Editorial reviews

"...Mr. Burns's elegiac thoroughness...is given a big lift by the artfully assembled music....JAZZ is full of dreams."
New York Times - pp.E1-E7 - Julie Salamon (01/08/2001)

"...This epic production surrounds its stories and civic lessons with an almost unquenchable torrent of great music..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
USA Today - p.1E - Robert Bianco (01/08/2001)