Ken Burns' Jazz - Episode 1: Gumbo, Beginnings to 1917 (2001)

Το πρώτο επεισόδιο της σειράς Jazz του Ken Burns, για όσους και όσες ενδιαφέρονται να μάθουν την ιστορία αυτής της υπέροχης μουσικής.

"Jazz music objectifies America. It's an art form that can give us a painless way of understanding ourselves. The real power of Jazz and the innovation of Jazz, is that a group of people can come together and create art, improvised art, and can negotiate their agendas with each other. And that negotiation is the art. Bach improvised all the time, and he did improvise, but he never looked at the second viola and said 'Let's play the Ein Feste Burg.' They were not gonna do that. Whereas in Jazz, I could get together, I could go to Milwaukee tomorrow, and there'd be three musicians in a bar at two thirty in the morning. And I'll say, 'What you want to play, man? Let's play some blues.' Well, all four of us are going to start playing. Everyone will start copping and playing and listening. You never know what they're gonna do. So, that's our art. And the four of us can now have a dialogue. We can have a conversation. We can speak to each other in the language of music." -- Wynton Marsalis, First Interview of Episode 1

Η σειρά Jazz του Ken Burns είναι μουσικό-ιστορικό ντοκιμαντέρ. Προβλήθηκε το 2001 στο κανάλι PBS και ολοκληρώθηκε σε δέκα επεισόδια. Κάθε επεισόδιο αφορά και μια χρονική περίοδο της τζαζ από το 1917 μέχρι σήμερα.

Η λίστα των δέκα επεισοδίων της σειράς:

Gumbo - Beginnings to 1917

The Gift 1917-1924

Our Language 1924-1928

The True Welcome 1929-1935

Swing - Pure Pleasure 1935-1937

Swing - The Velocity of Celebration 1937-1939

Dedicated to Chaos 1940-1945 Risk 1945-1956

The Adventure 1956-1961

A Masterpiece by Midnight 1961... μέχρι σήμερα

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