Jazz: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This series explores the history of the major American musical form. We track its development in African American culture, its rise to prominence with its golden age of popularity spanning from the 1920's to the mid 1940's both in its original form and in Swing through its popular decline and the rise of vital new sub-genres into the present day. Along the way, we learn of the lives and work of major contributors to the form such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Charlie "Bird" Parker and many others who helped form Jazz into the vibrant musical form it is. Moreover, we see how the music reflected the political and social issues of the African American community over the course of the form's history.

Series details

• Title: Jazz
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Music, History
• Premiere date: 2001-01-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-01-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 115 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 19799
• IMDb ID: tt0221300
• TVDB ID: 80679

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-01-09; final listed air date 2001-01-31; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Jazz on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.