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mvie mu-1101828: Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns: History, Music and Message in 19 Hours or So

Sat, 4 Nov 2006 02:21:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Ken Burns has become the leading maker of documentaries in this country in the last twenty years. After viewing his series on Baseball, I knew by a quote at the beginning of that documentary that he would turn his head...

mvie mu-1101828: Jazz gets most, but not all, of its due

Sat, 17 Mar 2001 01:10:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author JazzLover46 - I was excited when I first heard that Ken Burns was doing a documentary on jazz. I've viewed "The Civil War" more times than I can count, and still consider it to be the single greatest achievement in television history. I was somewhat less enchanted...

mvie mu-1101828: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!

Tue, 6 Feb 2001 18:01:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenjazzmonk - From the moment I heard this was being broadcast on PBS I began salivating. As a fan (and wannabe performer) of certain jazz "genres" (specifically be-bop, acid and free), I was interested in seeing how this music form evolved from the Bordellos of...

mvie mu-1101828: Jazz by Ken Burns and PBS-Midterm

Tue, 23 Jan 2001 22:05:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mike.holmes - I wrote a preview to this show based on what little a could find in my local paper and my knowledge of Burn's too previous works: The Civil War and Baseball. These were works of art based on love.

Burns does it again with "Jazz". I am a 54...

mvie mu-1101828: Ken Burns' Jazz: Jazz 101 and Beyond

Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:43:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MsHooterville - Ken Burns' Jazz 10-part documentary, currently airing on PBS stations nationwide, has kept me glued to my seat for the each of the entire 2- to 1 1/2-hour episodes. As a jazz collector since I was 15 years old (nearly 30 years), I recommend the series...

mvie mu-1101828: In The Spirit Of Black History Month Celebration

Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:57:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charles - History can be boring for some, but Ken Burns's brilliance helps illuminate the dark, past times of the history of the United States of America. In what he terms the American Trilogy, Ken Burns deals with moments and historic themes that most...