| Other author/creator | Burns, Ken, 1953- director, production personnel. |
| Other author/creator | David, Keith narrator. |
| Other author/creator | Ward, Geoffrey C. author. |
| Other author/creator | Novick, Lynn production personnel. |
| Other author/creator | Reidy, Tricia, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Hill, Sarah E., production personnel. |
| Other author/creator | Marsalis, Branford commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Redman, Joshua commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Lincoln, Abbey commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Giddins, Gary commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Early, Gerald Lyn commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Shaw, Arvell commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Wein, George commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Cuscuna, Michael commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Hentoff, Nat commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Hancock, Herbie, 1940- commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Bowie, Lester commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Glaser, Matt commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Lovano, Joe commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- commentator. |
| Other author/creator | McLean, Jackie, commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Ellington, Mercedes commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Florentine Films. |
| Other author/creator | British Broadcasting Corporation. |
| Other author/creator | WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) |
| Other author/creator | PBS DVD (Firm) |
| Portion of title |
Masterpiece by midnight |
| Incomplete content |
Freedom now! -- Imaginary concerts -- Not to be understood -- Shooting comets -- Tennis without a net -- Good evening everybody -- Homecoming. |
| Abstract |
In the 1960s jazz fragments into the avant-garde and many divided schools of thought. Many jazz musicians like Dexter Gordon are forced to leave America in search of work while other use the music as a form of social protest: Max Roach, Charles Mingus, and Archie Shepp make overtly political musical statements. John Coltrane appeals to a broad audience before his untimely death. Saxophonist Stan Getz helps boost a craze for bossa nova music, but in the early 1970s jazz founders Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington pass away. Miles Davis leads a movement of jazz musicians who incorporate elements of rock and soul into their music and "fusion" wins listeners. By the mid-1980's jazz begins to bounce back led by Wynton Marsalis and a new generation of musicians. Now as it approaches its centennial, jazz is still alive, still changing and still swinging. |
| Credits | Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; episode editor, Paul Barnes. |
| Performer |
Commentary: Wynton Marsalis, Lester Bowie, Joshua Redman, Abbey Lincoln, Herbie Hancock, Matt Glaser, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Arvell Shaw, Gerald Early, Gary Giddins, Stanley Crouch, Phoebe Jacobs, Michael Cuscuna, Joe Lovano, Mercedes Ellington, John Sanders, George Wein, Jackie McLean, Nat Hentoff. |
| Publisher number | B8272D PBS DVD Gold |