Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz"

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The Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz" is a multi-part PBS film that chronicles the history and cultural impact of jazz music in America, featuring major figures like Duke Ellington.

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instanceOf documentary television series
music documentary
television miniseries
companionBookAuthor Geoffrey C. Ward
Ken Burns
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Ken Burns
director Ken Burns
distributor PBS
surface form: Public Broadcasting Service
executiveProducer Ken Burns
exploresTheme cultural impact of jazz
innovation in American music
race relations in the United States
features Billie Holiday
Charlie Parker
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Gary Giddins
John Coltrane
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis
Stanley Crouch
Thelonious Monk
Wynton Marsalis
focusesOn development of jazz in the United States
genre historical documentary
music history
hasCompanionBook Jazz: A History of America’s Music
includesEpisode A Masterpiece by Midnight
Dedicated to Chaos
Cajun cuisine
surface form: Gumbo

Our Language
Risk
Swing: Pure Pleasure
Swing: The Velocity of Celebration
The Adventure
The Gift
The True Welcome
narrator Keith David
numberOfEpisodes 10
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork PBS
originalReleaseEndDate 2001-01-31
originalReleaseStartDate 2001-01-08
partOf Ken Burns filmography
producer Lynn Novick
productionCompany Florentine Films
runtimePerEpisode approximately 90 minutes
subject African American culture
American music history
history of jazz
timePeriodCoveredEnd late 20th century
timePeriodCoveredStart late 19th century
totalRuntime approximately 19 hours
usesTechnique archival footage
photograph panning and zooming
writer Geoffrey C. Ward

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Duke Ellington subjectOf Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz"