Other author/creator | Bolden, Buddy, 1877-1931 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Keppard, Freddie, 1890-1933, instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Burns, Ken, 1953- director. |
Other author/creator | David, Keith narrator. |
Other author/creator | Ward, Geoffrey C. author. |
Other author/creator | Novick, Lynn production personnel. |
Other author/creator | Barnes, Paul editor. |
Other author/creator | Davis, Osie, commentator. |
Other author/creator | Marsalis, Branford commentator. |
Other author/creator | Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- commentator. |
Other author/creator | Murray, Albert commentator. |
Other author/creator | Crouch, Stanley commentator. |
Other author/creator | Early, Gerald Lyn commentator. |
Other author/creator | Giddins, Gary commentator. |
Other author/creator | Raeburn, Bruce Boyd, 1948- commentator. |
Other author/creator | Cheatham, Doc 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 |
Gumbo |
Incomplete content |
The making of jazz -- The Roux -- The big noise -- The soul of the Negro -- The "creators" of jazz -- Coda. |
Abstract |
Jazz is born in New Orleans at the turn of the century emerging from several forms of music including ragtime, marching bands, work songs, spirituals, creole music, funeral parade music and above all, the blues. Musicians profiled here who advanced early jazz are Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Freddie Keppard, and musicians of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. |
General note | "PBS DVD Gold." |
Credits | Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editor, Paul Barnes. |
Performer |
Commentary, Ossie Davis, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Albert Murray, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Gary Giddins, Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Doc Cheatham. |
Performer |
Narrator, Keith David. |
Technical details | DVD, stereo. |
Publisher number | B8263D PBS DVD Gold |