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First time i watched the series was over ten years ago.
I had prior to that no interest whatsoever in Jazz.
Watching the series changed my thinking, and now, nearly all I listen to is Jazz.
Well I had been looking for another set of the series (I gave mine away) and finally got a set for $40 in fine condition.
I have been rewatching it for the first time in ten plus years, and am up through volume four.
I have to say it is spectacular, even more so than i remember it.
All the music, the stories, the still photos, the little bios..
wow.
Wonderful.
Makes me wish I had just learned more about Jazz whan I was young.
I am happy though, that even though it took me 50 years to realize I love jazz, it is still a wonderful feeling to listen to it.
Thanks to all those players and folks who loved Jazz so i can still listen to it today.
Edits: 06/10/12Follow Ups:
Kudos also to Dominick Tavella at Sound One. He mixes the audio on all the Ken Burns stuff and got well-deserved Emmy nominations for Best Sound on both the Jazz and New York series.
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I was thoroughly enjoying it, then it suddenly seemed to stop right about the time it should have been covering the artists of the late 60s to present, which are my personal favorites. That was really a letdown.
I can understand the premise of the series. They had a budget, and did a great job showing the origins of jazz, and how it because the primary music of America.
Continuing beyond that was not ever part of the plan.
If you want to make a second series about Jazz from the 1950's to the 2010, be my guest.
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz timeline, with "Classic" followed way too closely.
The Smithsonian is ever-so-slowly "repairing" their definitions and inclusions though, after all
these decades, after so much current has become historic, after someone there actually opened
up their ears and minds...
So many dumb people with smart phones...
There aren't enough sepia-tinted photos from the late 60's to suit Ken's style.
this is a great series and captured the musical mood of the jazz eras.
I too love jazz and I would say probably 75% of my listening is to jazz but the more contemporary Kenny G. style is not my cup of tea. I am most drawn to the 50 and 60s jazz era but also love the small jazz combos of Keith Jarrett, Brad Meldau and Oscar Peterson.
Music of the Big Band era such as Miller, Goodman, Herman, Ellington, and Shaw always ring my chimes but I find I have always found it hard to reproduce the stage, scale and imaging of big band on my home system. While at the CES a number of years ago, I heard some Glenn Miller being played in a large room on Wilson Audio Maxx's driven by Audio Research mono amps. Very impressive and life-like demonstration.
now that you have a stronger sense of the music and are more familiar with it?
As a life long jazz fan I found the documentary to be a little light and focused on
what Burns (and Marsalis?) personally loved. But that's really no big deal and it
is an enjoyable film overall well done. Tough topic to tackle by anyone and
successful in that it turned many on to jazz that weren't previously there.
Nice you're enjoying it again (still) and posted about it!
So many dumb people with smart phones...
Already knowing much of the music, and who is who, revisiting the film lets me enjoy each artist better. Also recognizing them in the pictures is nice
or even reading the stories adds so much depth and perspective to the accomplishments these great artists have attained.
IMO one of the most wonderful aspect of jazz is that's it's a living, breathing music that grew up with and in the 20th century and is
so well documented in sound, word and image.
Here's a few good books to check out if you're so inclined:
So many dumb people with smart phones...
Ken's used to that though!
may the bridges I burn light the way....
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