Jazz

The Gift: 1917-1924

Directed by Ken Burns
TV-PG
S1 • E2    Jan 9, 2001    1h 49m
8.36.8
How can one explain the genius of a Louis Armstrong or Duke Ellington? Blessed with skill and talent far exceeding their peers, one can only define what they possess as a gift from the gods. These early portraits are imperative, because both figures have been so canonized that it is easy to forget the significance of their gifts.

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Cast of The Gift: 1917-1924

  • Keith DavidNarrator (voice)
  • Sidney BechetSelf (archive footage)
  • Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
  • Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
  • Benny GoodmanSelf (archive footage)
  • Artie ShawSelf (archive footage)
  • Billie HolidaySelf (archive footage)
  • Glenn MillerSelf (archive footage)
  • Dave BrubeckSelf (archive footage)
  • Art TatumSelf (archive footage)
  • John ColtraneSelf (archive footage)
  • Art BlakeySelf (archive footage)
  • Charles MingusSelf (archive footage)
  • Wynton MarsalisSelf
  • Miles DavisSelf (archive footage)
  • Lester YoungSelf (archive footage)
  • Stanley CrouchSelf
  • Ken BurnsDirector

 

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