Jazz_Ken Burns

 

‘Jazz’ directed by Ken Burn, a 2001 TV series has a running time of around 19 hours.

It almost covers up the who’s who of Jazz including Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Paul Whiteman, Bix Beiderbeche, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Bessie Smith, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkings, Lester Young, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Ben Webster, Miles Davies, Paul Desmond, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan, Charles Mingus, Stan Getz.  

A good reference point to enter the world of Jazz.