In Reply to: "Jazz," by the Burns Bros. I've only seen #7, the Be Bop disc, but it truly is posted by tinear on October 22, 2008 at 07:52:56:
It is, indeed, a great set as are the others mentioned. Just keep in mind that all of Burns' work started out on PBS which puts up the money for it's production. We should thank public television for these great works!!
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- 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)