Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the extraordinary men and women who could do something remarkable – create art on the spot. Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that gave birth to and influenced it, and was in turn transformed by it.
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Keith David
Narrator (voice)
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)
Art Tatum
Self (archive footage)
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10 episodes • 2001Avg: 5.7Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917 | Jan 9, 2001 | 6.2 |
| 2 | The Gift: 1917-1924 | Jan 9, 2001 | 6.1 |
| 3 | Our Language: 1924 -1929 | Jan 10, 2001 | 5.8 |
| 4 | The True Welcome: 1929-1934 | Jan 15, 2001 | 5.8 |
| 5 | Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937 | Jan 17, 2001 | 5.6 |
| 6 | Swing: The Velocity of Celebration - 1937-1939 | Jan 22, 2001 | 5.4 |
| 7 | Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945 | Jan 23, 2001 | 5.6 |
| 8 | Risk: 1945-1955 | Jan 24, 2001 | 5.6 |
| 9 | The Adventure: 1956-1960 | Jan 29, 2001 | 5.9 |
| 10 | A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present | Jan 31, 2001 | 5.6 |
