Name: Jazz
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2001-01-09
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman

2001·Documentary·10 episodes

7.9

★

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.

Created by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

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10 episodes · 2001

Cast

Keith David

Narrator (voice)

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)

Benny Goodman

Self (archive footage)

Artie Shaw

Self (archive footage)

Billie Holiday

Self (archive footage)

Glenn Miller

Self (archive footage)

Dave Brubeck

Self (archive footage)

Art Tatum

Self (archive footage)

John Coltrane

Self (archive footage)

Art Blakey

Self (archive footage)

Charles Mingus

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Geoffrey C. Ward

Writer

Ken Burns

Producer

Lynn Novick

Producer

Popular Reviews

4 reviews

xclly

5.0★ · 01/19/26

I could only watch half of this documentary. it started off pretty interesting, I was engaged at first, but then it began to feel poorly made: an enormous number of pictures, just pictures, and information that often repeated from one episode to another.
after 3 or 4 episodes, it started to feel too cheesy. I couldn’t keep watching it with trust anymore and began questioning every statement, whether it was exaggerated or not.

I caught the vibe/atmosphere, but that’s all, sadly.

Nicolas Valenzuela

10.0★ · 01/25/26

Dani

10.0★ · 01/05/22

Dani

10.0★ · 01/05/22

yoyodin

8.0★ · 05/06/21