The first episode in this tenpart miniseries detailing the history of jazz music in america. Gumbo beginnings1917 2001 ken burns on allmovie in a similar fashion to his other documentaries. Its chronological and thematic episodes provided a history of jazz, emphasizing innovative composers and musicians and american history. Rent, buy, and watch movies and tv shows with vudu. Stardust louis armstrong the actual best version youtube. Jazz music objectifies america, the trumpeter wynton marsalis says at the beginning of the episode. Jazz is born in new orleans at the turn of the century emerging from several forms of music including ragtime, marching bands, work songs, spirituals, creole music, funeral parade music and above all, the blues. It is an art form that can give us painless way of understanding ourselves. The program begins as musician wynton marsalis describes the qualities of jazz, particularly its improvisational and collaborative aspects, reflected in the development of the country itself. Gumbo jazz begins in new orleans, nineteenth century americas most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, italian opera.
Find out when jazz is on tv, including series 1 episode 1. It also briefly hints at the white world and how they slowly began to embrace jazz albeit an often tamer and more polished version. Burns turns frequently to wynton marsalis, and part 1, gumbo, spends most of its time in marsaliss home town of new orleans, where jazz was born, examining the musical and cultural ingredients. Its both educational and the music is infectious and makes you want to see and hear more. As the depression drags on, jazz comes as close as ever to being americas music. Jazz is the experience of life with chords and notes, riffs and changes.
Jazz is born in new orleans during the 1890s, at the height of the jim crow era. Jazz begins in new orleans, 19th century americas most. Gumbo jazz begins in new orleans, nineteenth century americas most cosmopolitan city. The viewer will catch glimpses of jelly roll morton, who erroneously claimed to have invented jazz, and the tragic, though influential, figure of trumpeter buddy bolden. Jazz begins in new orleans, 19th century americas most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, italian opera, caribbean rhythms, and minstrel shows fill the streets with a richly diverse musical culture. It was broadcast on pbs in 2001, and was released on dvd and vhs on january 2, 2001 by the same company. First of 10 episodes tracing the history of jazz from its roots in the africanamerican community of new orleans during the 1890s to its heights and continuing presence, this video features artists jelly roll morton, buddy bolden, sidney bechet, and the original dixieland jazz band. Jazz begins in new orleans, 19th century americas 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.
Gumbo beginnings to 1917 jazz is born in the unique musical and social cauldron of new orleans at the turn of the 20th century, emerging from such genres as ragtime, marching bands, work songs, spirituals, european classical music, funeral parade music and the blues. Jazz begins in new orleans, nineteenth century americas most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, italian opera, caribbean rhythms, and. Jazz begins in new orleans, nineteenth century americas most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, italian opera, caribbean rhythms, and minstrel shows fills the. Here, in the 1890s, africanamerican musicians create a new music out of these ingredients by mixing in ragtime syncopations and the soulful feeling of the blues. Jazz begins in new orleans, nineteenth century americas most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of. Overall, this is a great episode for folks like me who are not that familiar with jazz. Jazz is a ten part documentary that explores this most american of musical forms, from its roots in early africanamerican culture to its international appeal today. Jazz gumbo 81m 48s jazz begins in new orleans, nineteenth century americas 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. Jazz reached its first prominence in 1920s and dominated the music scene through world war ii, but this wide reaching documentary begins with its earliest days in new. Jazz documentary count basie duke ellington louis armstrong ella fitzgerald oscar peterson duration. The gift 191724 examines the phenomenal jazz age and the early careers of duke ellington and louis armstrong.
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