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Jazz Episode Ten, A Masterpiece By Midnight

In the 1960s jazz fragments into the avant-garde and many divided schools of thought. Many jazz musicians like Dexter Gordon are forced to leave America in search of work while other use the music as a form of social protest: Max Roach, Charles Mingus, and Archie Shepp make overtly political musical...

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Corporate Authors: Florentine Films, British Broadcasting Corporation, WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), PBS DVD (Firm)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953-, David, Keith, Ward, Geoffrey C., Novick, Lynn, Marsalis, Branford, Redman, Joshua, Lincoln, Abbey, Giddins, Gary, Early, Gerald Lyn, Shaw, Arvell, Wein, George, McLean, Jackie, Cuscuna, Michael, Hentoff, Nat, Hancock, Herbie, 1940-, Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-, Ellington, Mercedes
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [United States] : PBS DVD, c2000.
Subjects:
Ellington, Duke, > 1899-1974.
Armstrong, Louis, > 1901-1971.
Gordon, Dexter, > 1923-1990.
Roach, Max, > 1924-2007.
Mingus, Charles, > 1922-1979.
Davis, Miles.
Getz, Stan, > 1927-1991.
Coltrane, John, > 1926-1967.
Shepp, Archie.
Marsalis, Wynton, > 1961-
Jazz > History and criticism.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
African American musicians > Biography.
Documentary television programs.
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Summary:In the 1960s jazz fragments into the avant-garde and many divided schools of thought. Many jazz musicians like Dexter Gordon are forced to leave America in search of work while other use the music as a form of social protest: Max Roach, Charles Mingus, and Archie Shepp make overtly political musical statements. John Coltrane appeals to a broad audience before his untimely death. Saxophonist Stan Getz helps boost a craze for bossa nova music, but in the early 1970s jazz founders Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington pass away. Miles Davis leads a movement of jazz musicians who incorporate elements of rock and soul into their music and "fusion" wins listeners. By the mid-1980's jazz begins to bounce back led by Wynton Marsalis and a new generation of musicians. Now as it approaches its centennial, jazz is still alive, still changing and still swinging.
Item Description:"PBS DVD Gold."
Physical Description:1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, stereo.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editors, Tricia Reidy and Sarah E. Hill.

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