Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns (Box Set) (DVD)

Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns (Box Set) (DVD)

Production Year: 2000 - Music / Performing Arts - Director: Ken Burns - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Buddy Bolden, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Freddie Keppard, Dizzy Gillespie, Artie Shaw, Fats Waller, Glenn Miller, Sonny Rollins, Louis Armstrong, David Keith more

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For the third part of his American Trilogy--following THE CIVIL WAR and BASEBALL--Ken Burns takes on jazz, "that most American of art forms." The 10-part, 19-hour film begins with...
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Ken Burns' epic 17-hour historyJazzback to around
12 hours. That's what's presented in this box set
of the series, and while the flow of the original
is preserved, so are its idiosyncrasies. The film
dwells at length on early jazz, particularly on
its origins in New Orleans, and there's a good
deal of absorbing history here. On the other hand,
in suggesting that the important work of jazz was
done by 1975, Burns gives us cause to question how
much of his earlier research is awry too. There
isn't much here to reflect the brimming vitality
of post-1960s jazz, and many listeners and
musicians have been enraged by Burns' neglect of
such pivotal figures as Joe Zawinul, Keith
Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny and Michael
Brecker--all players whose work responds
vigorously to the question that Burns thinks
nobody can answer: "Where are the modern
equivalents of Armstrong, Ellington, Parker and
Coltrane?"Armstrong and Ellington are the
touchstones of Burns' film, providing the
narrative thread around which the stories of other
major figures turn, among them Bechet, Basie,
Goodman, Parker, Miles Davis and Coltrane. Burns
also finds populist mileage in the politicisation
ofjazz, making dramatic capital out of racial
divides that most jazz players, black and white,
have ignored. The fact is that almost all jazz
players, regardless of race, have felt like
outsiders. Despite such distractions,Jazzis the
longest jazz documentary yet produced, and it's
rich in musical examples and classic, rare and
unseen footage. Even when working with simple
stills, Burns uses seductive camera work and Keith
David's epigrammatic narration to maximum effect.
There's plenty to enjoy here, but viewers should
be aware that Burns' film is an often compelling
perspective on jazz, not a definitive study.--Mark
Gilbert
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Release Date: 2004-09-28,
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Actor(s): Buddy Bolden, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Freddie Keppard, Dizzy Gillespie, Artie Shaw, Fats Waller, Glenn Miller, Sonny Rollins, Louis Armstrong, David Keith

Director(s): Ken Burns

Genre: Musicals & Music Films - Jazz

Classification: Exempt

Production Year: 2000

Colour: Black & White / Colour

Running Time: 12 hours 30 minutes

Video Category: Television

Plot: The complete series which traces jazz from the early nineteenth century through the fifties and right up to date.

DVD Description

For the third part of his American Trilogy--following THE CIVIL WAR and BASEBALL--Ken Burns takes on jazz, "that most American of art forms." 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.

Release details

DVD Region: DVD

Studio(s): SIMPLY MEDIA; TRILOGY LOGISTICS

Release date: 08/10/2001

No of Discs: 4

Catalogue No: DD 04721

Barcode: 5019322047216

Screenwriter: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns

Editor: Paul Barnes

Narrator: Keith David

Director of Photography: Buddy Squires, Ken Burns

Producer: Peter Miller, Lynn Novick, Ken Burns

Voice: Keith David

Languages

Main Language: English

Technical information

Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo

Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo English

Professional reviews

Review: "...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, 08/01/2001)

"...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, 08/01/2001)

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