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Following its progression through two world wars, a great depression, and economic boom times all the way up to today, ken burns. The 10part series follows the growth and development of jazz music from. A florentine films production albert murray writer. Ken burns follows the growth and development of jazz. As this episode begins, america finds itself mired in the great depression, the worst crisis since the civil war. Oldtime photos and illustrations depict the games early years, while newsreels and video clips highlight more recent developments. When it was first released, it was highly controversial among my peers, for reasons i will discuss later. Jazz, season 1 episode 8, is available to watch and stream on pbs. Swing pure pleasure, 19351937 directed by ken burns online at alibris.
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Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that. From pbs speakeasies, flappers, and easy money its the jazz age, when the story of jazz becomes a tale of two great cities, chicago and new york, and of two extraordinary artists whose lives. A production of florentine films and weta, washington d. Ken burns celebrates the musics soaring achievements, from its. Wynton marsalis says that jazz music give us the soul of the nation. New england artist relief funds launched to bolster the community amid covid19. The story, sound and soul of a nation come together in the most american of art forms. But as burns and novick illustrate in the first episode of their three.
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