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Jazz

Jazz (2001)★ 8.6/10

GB,US · 108 min · January 9, 2001 · 1 seasons

  • Documentary
  • History
  • Music

Directed by: Ken Burns

Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward

A survey of Jazz musical form's history and major talents.

Directed by

Ken Burns

Written by

Geoffrey C. Ward

Cast & crew

Keith DavidNarratorWynton MarsalisSelfGary GiddinsSelfDelroy LindoSelfKevin ConwaySelfGerald EarlySelfSamuel L. JacksonSelfPhilip BoscoSelfArtie ShawSelfStanley CrouchSelfArvell ShawSelfMargo JeffersonSelfJimmy RowlesSelfCourtney B. VanceSelfBranford MarsalisSelfJames Lincoln CollierSelfJackie McLeanSelfAnn DuquesnaySelfGeorge WeinSelfHarry Connick Jr.SelfOssie DavisSelfDuke EllingtonSelfCassandra WilsonSelfStuds TerkelSelf - writerDave BrubeckSelfSidney BechetSelfLester BowieSelfStan LeveySelfMatt GlaserSelfPhil SchaapSelfMilt HintonSelfMercedes EllingtonSelfMichael CuscunaSelfLorraine GordonSelfJames MaherSelfMatthew BroderickNarratorDerek JacobiSelfWendy MakkenaSelfJoe MortonSelfCharles DurningSelfAvery BrooksSelfTom BowerSelfJames NaughtonNarratorBertrand TavernierSelfBillie HolidaySelfLouis ArmstrongSelfEthel WatersSelfBenny GoodmanSelfNorma MillerSelfVernel BagnerisSelfPaul WhitemanSelfBessie SmithSelfHodding Carter IIISelfFerdinand 'Jelly Roll' MortonSelfJoshua RedmanSelfJoya SherrillSelfBix BeiderbeckeSelfJames P. JohnsonSelfJon HendricksSelfBuck O'NeilSelfHarry EdisonSelfHelen Oakley DanceSelfEarl 'Fatha' HinesSelfFrankie ManningSelfFletcher HendersonSelfBuddy BoldenSelfWillie 'The Lion' SmithSelfJoe LovanoSelfQuincy TroupeSelfJay McShannSelfJoe OliverSelfPhoebe JacobsSelf - PublicistJames Reese EuropeSelfJohn SandersSelf - Former Ellington Trombone PlayerAmy MadiganNarratorAdam ArkinSelfCherry JonesSelfBruce DavisonSelfAnthony LaPagliaSelfEriq La SalleNarratorHerbie HancockSelfAbbey LincolnSelfNicholas PaytonSelfLionel HamptonSelfDianne ReevesSelfRon CarterSelfKeith Lee GrantSelfFrances TaylorSelfKevin RamseyNarratorNat HentoffSelf - writerClark TerrySelfDan MorgensternSelfJimmy CobbSelfJerry JeromeSelfM.C. SolaarSelfDoc CheathamSelf - trumpeterJames CarterSelfGene LeesSelfRegina CarterSelfGonzalo RubalcabaSelfBenny WatersSelf - saxophonistAlbert MurraySelf - WriterJohnny CollinsSelfRichard M. SudhalterSelf - biographerEric GeorgeSelfRichard NixonSelf (presents Duke Ellington with Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969) (archiveFootage)Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Edward R. MurrowSelf (interviews Duke Ellington) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Freeman F. GosdenAmos (from 'Check and Double Check') (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Charles J. CorrellAndrew 'Andy' Brown (from 'Check and Double Check') (uncredited) (archiveFootage)