Jazz
Directed by:
Ken BurnsScreenplay:
Geoffrey C. WardCast:
Keith David (narrator), Philip Bosco, Tom Bower, Kevin Conway, Wendy Makkena, Wynton Marsalis, Courtney B. Vance, Harry Connick, Jr., Charles Durning, Derek Jacobi, Samuel L. Jackson, Delroy Lindo (more)Plots(1)
Jazz begins in New Orleans, nineteenth century America's most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, Italian opera, Caribbean rhythms, and minstrel shows fills the streets with a richly diverse musical culture. Here, in the 1890s, African-American musicians create a new music out of these ingredients by mixing in ragtime syncopations and the soulful feeling of the blues. (PBS)
(more)Cast
![Keith David](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271686_45b61d.jpg)
Keith David (narrator)
USA
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![Philip Bosco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270885_e65e40.jpg)
Philip Bosco
USA
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![Tom Bower](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058569_9ca989.jpg)
Tom Bower
USA
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![Kevin Conway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/741/158741772_6dcbf0.jpg)
Kevin Conway
USA
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![Wendy Makkena](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/462/161462144_3da5ed.jpg)
Wendy Makkena
USA
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![Wynton Marsalis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527921_bb54bf.jpg)
Wynton Marsalis
USA
![Courtney B. Vance](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271958_88428c.jpg)
Courtney B. Vance
USA
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![Harry Connick, Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270894_2a507b.jpg)
Harry Connick, Jr.
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![Charles Durning](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270517_795002.jpg)
Charles Durning
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![Derek Jacobi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267632_787938.jpg)
Derek Jacobi
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![Samuel L. Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/226/165226565_1b77e1.jpg)
Samuel L. Jackson
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![Delroy Lindo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630581_5f9027.jpg)
Delroy Lindo
UK
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![Avery Brooks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/040/166040325_d00f57.jpg)
Avery Brooks
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Vernel Bagneris
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