magnificent. Way, way too often, material such as this is set to a later grade school level, the information given out in tiny bits and repeated. The BBs have perfected the presentation of complex material in innovative, interesting ways. The musical selections are terrific and the audio quality is superb.
I picked this disc because I am a hopelessly addicted fan of Miles and Parker: quite a bit of it is about what led them to their musical innovation and also fairly detailed biographical information.
No jazz fan can miss this!
I'm immediately heading off to the library to get #8, hoping it has similar treatment of Trane.
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Topic - "Jazz," by the Burns Bros. I've only seen #7, the Be Bop disc, but it truly is - tinear 07:52:56 10/22/08 (18)
- RE: "Jazz," by the Burns Bros. I've only seen #7, the Be Bop disc, but it truly is - no1maestro 09:51:50 10/22/08 (16)
- Wrong, possibly on two counts... - EBerlin 18:03:21 10/22/08 (15)
- Agree with most of that.. but not on the last 30 or 40 years - late 16:21:12 10/25/08 (0)
- As usual, you are one of the few here that take the time to provide - tinear 11:35:54 10/23/08 (3)
- Thanks for your post - EBerlin 11:57:31 10/23/08 (2)
- Do you think a group of smaller jazz labels, as well as the - tinear 12:11:03 10/23/08 (1)
- RE: Do you think a group of smaller jazz labels, as well as the - EBerlin 14:05:09 10/23/08 (0)
- RE: Wrong, possibly on two counts... - no1maestro 10:27:37 10/23/08 (6)
- PBS - EBerlin 11:39:09 10/23/08 (5)
- "My penultimate doc was distributed theatrically by Miramax" - What was your ultimate documentary? - Audiophilander 14:56:00 10/23/08 (4)
- The Ultimate one is the one I just finished....* - EBerlin 14:59:09 10/23/08 (3)
- RE: The Ultimate one is the one I just finished....* - no1maestro 14:14:03 10/24/08 (2)
- You wouldn't have seen the new one... - EBerlin 21:23:42 10/24/08 (1)
- RE: You wouldn't have seen the new one... - no1maestro 09:36:45 10/26/08 (0)
- Far be it from me to disagree with a professional documentarian, but my impression of Burn's documentaries... - Audiophilander 23:48:10 10/22/08 (0)
- Having enjoyed Burns "Civil War" I was disappointed with "Jazz" - grinagog 20:20:24 10/22/08 (1)
- agreed...no self-respecting jazz fan could have been content with Ken Burns' treatment - Jazz Inmate 22:47:14 10/22/08 (0)
- RE: "Jazz," by the Burns Bros. - dwill123 08:40:59 10/22/08 (0)