Basic Info

First Air: January 09, 2001

Rating: ⭐ 7.5/10 (29 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Last Episode

Name: A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present

Season: 1, Episode: 10

Air Date: 2001-01-31

Runtime: 109 min

Obviously Ken Burns knows that he can’t fit the last thirty-nine years of jazz history onto two hours of video tape, so from the outset, that shouldn’t be expected. There’s an excellent biography of John Coltrane, and footage of Miles Davis’ wonderful mid-‘60s quintet. There is also a nice, small section on the magnificent Charles Mingus.

Jazz

2001 1 seasons 10 episodes ⭐ 7.5/10 29 votes

Overview

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.