Directed by:
Ken BurnsScreenplay:
Geoffrey C. WardCast:
Keith David (narrator), David Ogden Stiers, Harry Connick, Jr., Joe Morton, Charles Durning, Cherry Jones, Derek Jacobi, Samuel L. Jackson, Amy Madigan (more)Episodes(10)
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Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917 (E01)
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The Gift (1917–1924) (E02)
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Our Language (1924–1929) (E03)
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The True Welcome (1929–1934) (E04)
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Swing: Pure Pleasure (1935–1937) (E05)
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Swing: The Velocity of Celebration (1937–1939) (E06)
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Dedicated to Chaos (1940–1945) (E07)
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Risk (1945–1955) (E08)
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The Adventure (1956–1960) (E09)
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A Masterpiece by Midnight (1960–2001) (E10)
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Filmmaker Ken Burns tells the story of jazz — the quintessential American art form. The 10-part series follows the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of New Orleans to the Lincoln Gardens on Chicago's south side, where Louis Armstrong first won fame, from Prohibition-era speakeasies to the wide-open clubs of Kansas City, from the elegant Roseland Ballroom in Times Square, where only whites were allowed to dance, to the more egalitarian Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, where people of all colors mingled. (PBS)
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