Basic Info
Release: March 22, 1959
Runtime: 34 min
Rating: ⭐ 5.9/10 (13 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
"The Cry of Jazz" (1959) on C-SPAN3's Reel America (YouTube)
The Cry of Jazz
1959
34 min
⭐ 5.9/10
13 votes
Overview
Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's polemical essay on the politics of music and race - a forecast of what he called "the death of jazz." A landmark moment in black film, foreseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades, it also features the only known footage of visionary pianist Sun Ra from his beloved Chicago period. Featured are ample images of tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and the rest of Ra's Arkestra in Windy City nightclubs, all shot in glorious black & white.
Genres
Documentary
Music
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No production country data available.Spoken Languages
- English en
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Criterion Channel
Cast
George Waller
Alex Johnson
Dorothea Horton
Natalie
Melinda Dillon
Faye
Andrew Duncan
John
Leroy Inman
Louis
James Miller
Bob
Gavin McFadyan
Bruce
Carl Dupree
Goldina Rojas
Alan Leavitt
Carl McCormack
Lettie Mae Randolph
Crew
Edward Bland
Director
Sun Ra
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