Ken Burns Jazz INTRO

[GAP120GAP]

Intro song? anyone?

[Conn30Mtenor]

@GAP120GAP - "Stardust" - written by Hoagy Carmichael, preformed by Louis Armstrong.

[GAP120GAP]

@Conn30Mtenor Thanks mait.

[SimonaPiano]

Should you of have mention George Gershwin?!!

[moonraven3]

Goddamn I love jazz! I love all forms of jazz pre-1960s. Jazz, you are the poetic mistress of my life. You have helped me, inspired me and accompanied through all the hard times I have endured. Jack Hylton, Benny Goodman, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Jack Derns, Duke Ellington, Slatz Randall, you have been with me for my whole 23 years.

[brittonsimon]

On disc 3 now and i am savoring every moment of this set, so informative, so honest and fair to all races and gender , just beautiful, deserves all the praise it gets and I've only just begun!

[geetarxist]

excellent

[jmsaxophone]

4:03 Wish i have what this kid had!

[Sergioantoniox]

What a Great production, I love all of them! (Netflix Watch Instantly)

[superjazznut79]

who are the players shown at 3:03 ?

[aarfeld]

@superjazznut79: You just get a quick glimpse but I think that it may have been The Modern jazz Quartet.

[jazzbummer]

@superjazznut79 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

[superjazznut79]

who is playing the piano at 2:34?

[3mariel3]

whose recordings of stardust and take the a train are those?

[KMO325]

@3mariel3 That would be Louis Armstrong's version of Stardust and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's version of Take The "A" Train

[muggleborn7]

5:10 song is "Body and Soul."

[ThemThems]

what's the name of the song that starts at 5:10?

[jfenimorecooper]

The anger made it too. Happiness. Sadness. Ever changing. All true.

[ThemThems]

2:38 to 2:40 is the coolest thing i've ever seen

[326Ka]

revisionist history..................it went from nigger music to americas music .revisionist history.

[Hucho]

Flamenco is also improvised. And way older than the country Amerika itself. Then agian, without classical music which is from Europe there was no jazz.

mmm and who was the first jazz guitar player in the world who played with a pick and invented playing octaves and so much other stuff?

Django Reinhardt.

[BlacknesUnforgivable]

@Hucho So what? Without the African element, there would be no Jazz either.

Plus , Charlie christian was just as instrumental of the influence and progression of early jazz guitar as django was

[oldsyphilitic]

Louis Armstrong had deep soul and he was colour blind. For the rest of his life he expressed gratitude to the Jewish family who helped him when he was a kid. I'm not so sure that many of the contributors to this admittedly excellenf film are as colour blind. It's a shame Burns didn't draw his net much wider when he sought advisors for his film. Wynton Marsalis is a virtusoso trumpeter. Satchmo had the profoundest soul. I guess there lies the difference.

[adewale007]

Ellington is still King. Everyone else is catching up. Big love from the UK.

[wafflecushioned]

@adewale007 No way. It's all about Benny Goodman.

[2324836]

where can i find documentaries like this?????

[JorJourSelf]

@2324836 National Geographic Archive

[upcycle]

looking for english sub titles for the Jazz series by Ken Burns.

[bassmaster947]

who destroyed themself at 34?

[sweetaliena]

@bassmaster947 Charlie "Bird" Parker

[gypsyminette]

Roddeo29, here I was thinking I was the only one. Same here. It's the dancing footage that gets me. Goosebumps and a half.

[bawoman]

This gives me chills and brings a knot to my throat.

Music really is humans greatest creation,and this music is americas greatest creation.

[makkreol]

the earliest sounds of collision ever recorded ;). It is beautiful to hear all of the elements from various parts of the globe at the time. You hear America as a part of the world where there were no "boundaries" , where one could combine anything with anything else (which is very well seen in architecture as well as music, where you could mix the "old" and the "new" without having problems)

[liquidfreak]

I always break down with that photo of louis armstrong at 7:16

[lampcoca]

well without the 500 years of taboo the tritone presented it would not be as exciting as it is today.

[koolpeep90]

this is an amazing doc

this is what really got me into jazz

[BattleAngel]

Why is Jazz which was known as the "dirty" "negro" and "devil" music in its heyday now embraced as "all-American?" Because of Obama! Yeah!

[Wisebrother78]

Hell no...it's because "certain" people understand how to play it now...the blues was done the same way along with Hip-Hop & Rock n Roll!!!!

[jazzbummer]

So was the tritone 500 years ago(about), but every style or genre of music today uses it.

[jsoynbnj]

Visually and musically gorgeous! What a great work of art.

Congrats, Ken Burns, on this and all of your fine films. You make we fellow Hampshire College grads quite proud!

[prunellapussywuggums]

this series changed my life! It opened up a whole new world for my husband and myself. What an education. How rich we'd all be if only we all went back to our roots. Ken Burns knows how to turn people on to History.

[melollylolly]

i am a country and western fan--but i gotta admit--my son played this video for me--hey; this is pretty good!

[circuscbx]

intro song is Stardust, by Hoagy Charmichael

[ottov65]

the intro song is Louis Armstrong!

[tristramshandy3]

you could say it was done by god or louis. they were the same thing.

Louis Armstrong and William Shakespeare are both worshiped as gods in my house.

My house kicks ass!

[upcycle]

@tristramshandy3 recently saw the documentary on Shakespeare. I can see parallels. In a sense Shakespeare was a kind of "nigger" of his time based on laws which mandated only people of one particular religion having legal rights, and punishing, imprisoning the others. England had a kind of legal religious segregation at that time, on what kind of jobs he could have, where he could live, and his status. He even used alias names to minimize that impact. Some of the details may be a bit off.

[tristramshandy3]

@upcycle what documentary did you watch? because it was totally full of crap. Shakespeare was a well respected, financially successful citizen of England.

To compare him to other oppressed groups throughout history is utter nonsense.

Viva Montaigne!

[upcycle]

@tristramshandy3 BBC "In Search of Shakespeare (2003)" 4 parts.

I was saying that it seemed that there were some comparisons between shakepere's time in England and the time of Armstrong in USA. At the time of Shakepere, all citizens whom were not of royalty were of a lower class of citizen, including shakepere's family. Also, because the King dictated that only Episcopalian was allowed in England, Shakepere's family was further lesser.

[tristramshandy3]

@upcycle Shakespeare's father held the highest local office in government. They were not oppressed or discriminated against.

[upcycle]

@tristramshandy3 not quite, by a long shot. for a short period, he held position of a kind of councilman for his small village. And that didn't last so long according to what i have read so far. And he also got in trouble with the government for various things.

Your turn :)

[tristramshandy3]

@upcycle This is from the opening page of intro to any Signet Classic Shakespeare- I'm using Lear :).

"In 1557 John Shakespeare was a member of the council (the governing body of Stratford), in 1558 a constable of the borough, in 1561 one of the two town chamberlains, in 1565 an alderman (entitling him to the appellation of "Mr."), in 1568 high bailiff- the town's highest political office, equivalent to mayor"

Looks cloudy with a chance of rhetoric.

[upcycle]

@tristramshandy3 frm my understanding, the highest positions in govern @ that time would have been members of royal family, with highest being King or Queen, whomever was ruler @ any given time. Shakepeare's father was probably more like an elevated peasent, in a country that was in transition from feudal system 2 a democracy, akin to the the transition happening in the USA from a slave society to post MLK/JFK.

[tristramshandy3]

@upcycle I understand that King/Queen is the highest office in England. What the quote says is that Shakespeare's father held the highest local office in Stratford. I just think that totally dispels any notion that he was an oppressed minority that didn't have full rights of citizenship. He did.

Take care dude.

[upcycle]

@tristramshandy3 There is more comparison's between life of Armstrong's time in USA and Shakepere's time in England. I suspect Shakepere, if alive during time of Armstrong in USA, would have been a big fan of Jazz and other music, and probably would have collaborated with people like armstrong to put music to his plays, to help tell the stories.

[tristramshandy3]

@upcycle You have no reason to suspect Shakespeare would have been a jazz fan- although he was certainly a big fan of music "Such Sweet Thunder".

What we do know is that Jazz legend and perhaps the greatest musician to ever live, Duke Ellington (who is on the DC quarter by the way), was a BIG fan of Shakespeare's- he wrote an entire album, entitled "Such Sweet Thunder", that pays homage to many of the Bard's plays and characters.

Life is the best.

Viva jazz fans and Montaigne!

[upcycle]

@tristramshandy3 Perhaps I should clarify. I think Shakepeare would likely have enjoyed the Blues. And the reason I think this is possible, is because that is in essence what much of his writings seemed to manifest. It may be interesting to create some blues using some of the lines from some his plays.

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[tristramshandy3]

@upcycle incredibly gifted people generally fall into two categories (what a horrifying and hopefully inaccurate stereotype!)- jazz or classical.

At least, that has been my experience in this crazy game we call life.

"Almonds are most wholesome"- Henry David Thoreau

[upcycle]

@tristramshandy3 Several of shakepeare's writings reference his admirationof music, for example "Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch

Upon the lute doth ravish human sense;

Spenser to me, whose deep conceit is such

As, passing all conceit, needs no defence.

Thou lovest to hear the sweet melodious sound

That Phoebus' lute, the queen of music, makes;

And I in deep delight am chiefly drown'd"

[tristramshandy3]

@upcycle "music is the best" Frank Zappa. Also, Aristotle believed you could tell a lot about a person based on the music they listened to ( see-Poetics).

Sweet dee and boysenberries.

[jassfreak87]

@ottov65 written by hoagy performed by louis

[Largo64]

@ottov65 You and circusbx are BOTH right. Its Louis Armstrong playing Stardust, by Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael. Hoagy wrote music and played the piano. Louie played the trumpet like nobody else. Great stuff!

[circuscbx]

or not

[ProfesorMacOnline]

I am tearing....

[badditude2008]

Now you take that back, Gaylard - THAT'S IT!! oh...

[citizenkane191919]

The intro song may also refer to "I let a song go out of my heart" by Duke Ellington

[danimal1026]

that's the one! thank you mr. kane.

[citizenkane191919]

for: danimal1026. The intro song is "the rose room" by benny goodman (at least it's one of the songs). Does anyeone know the intro song to the dexter gordor episode?

[jlim2397]

"Tanya" from the album "One Flight Up"

[ShambolicSoul]

does anyone have the rest of the documentary i remember i recorded on VHS from the pbs one but i lost it and i miss it

[danimal1026]

At the beginning of every episode a list of supporting foundations and charities is shown. Does anyone know the name of the song that is being played during that list?

[thegmansays]

I am boogieing right now!

[beefire05]

i agree it gives me the chills too. The music selection is perfect.

[beefire05]

my words exactly :)

[Roddeo29]

As soon as Take The A Train starts going, I get chills all over my body.

[ditroi]

Yeah! That was incredible.  I want to watch this series again. I didn't get to see all of it.

[mianno58]

Sounds like your getting the flu.

[Lufkin139]

Well what's the prescription?

[ditroi]

LOL! JAZZ!!! That's the medicine!

[SoulTooSoul]

When you hear the word jazz, do you envision a music, culture, artist, or do you conjure up some other element? Jazz trancends language barriers. Jazz has been a gypsy, migrating to the four corners of the world. It is a music for the iconoclast. Jazz explores our deepest emotions. Cool jazz, bee bop, west coast jazz, music for our souls.

[Roddeo29]

That was beautiful

[boricuatrumpet69]

@SoulTooSoul When I think of Jazz, what comes to mind is a "figuratively speaking" is another race like hispanic, white, black, african, etc.... No matter what race you are you becoming one because of jazz.

[ayanna1456]

This was a lovely documentary! I still remember watching it in 2000...Thanks for posting.

[wax365]

The art of documentary making celebrating the art of Jazz. The intro monologue is remarkable, I doff my cap Mr Burns. Thank you for documenting the definitive history of jazz in such an inspirational, reverential and honourable way.

[amirgiles]

does anyone know what the first two songs are that are on this clip?

[mbrown76]

the first is mahogany hall stomp by louis armstrong.

[jeffay95]

The first song is Stardust by Louis Armstrong. The second song is Take the 'A' Train performed by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

[falstaffswims]

sure it's not "stardust" by louis armstrong? the second one is "take the a train" with a really long introduction.

[mbrown76]

i stand corrected.

[wikiriwhi]

"That could only have happened in a new world"

[sinfonian2013]

I don't understand why the issue of the lack of Latinos in American jazz has come up... Isn't Latin Jazz covered somewhere in the series? (Episode 8, I believe.)

Oh, right, you're talking about his WWII documentary. Sorry.

But, seriously, I saw a behind the scenes on The War on PBS a while back. It showed the countless hours of work they did on the documentary. They didn't even mess with historians--just people that were actually involved. I wonder how Latinos didn't come up.

[seanpierce]

yo guys

chill out

obviously, bajalocom is no older than 13

can't we appreciate a beautiful recollection of history without digging at it's flaws

[bajalocom]

Ken Burns is a RACIST pig. How convinient he forgot to add any latino to his racist documental "The War" . I say boycott all companies that help this ass make this documental. FUCK HIM. Fact 500,000 latinos served in WWII.

[fluffynoses]

aw shad up you idiot

this documentary is awesome. man keith david is THE BEST NARRATOR 'NUFF SAID

[Suprkit]

I'm a Latino , and you're a dumbass. In fact, if you don't like him, why are you posting something that has to do with him? And by the way,its called a DOCUMENTARY.

[bajalocom]

You are no LATINO but a SELL OUT!

[Suprkit]

Id rather be a sell out then someone who whines about it.Actually, if you had watched the program he included them in the documentary in the end of the show. Again I ask if you hate him why are you watching something of his on youtube? Get a life!

[bajalocom]

You ar no LATINO YOU are an impostor. I hoped you like it, now stick it up ur ass! so u can like it more...

[Suprkit]

Are you gay? For the third time I ask you, why (if you hate ken burns so much),did you come to this video.And I think you need to go back to school and learn how to spell. Jackass.

[bajalocom]

The only Jackass here is the animal your mother used to create you! Ken Burns is a RACIST just like YOU!

[Suprkit]

How am I a racist? Again, I don't know why you can answer a simple question. If he were a racist I doubt he would use black people(OR LATINOS!!!)in any of his work. By the way, what does my mom have to do with this?

[waffleboy83]

The declaration of Independence never actually covered the issue of black slaves. So apprently thomas Jefferson and the members of congress were racists. Martin Luther Kind didn't fight for Mexicans and Latinos in America, only blacks, so he must be a racist. You if anyone are the racist, because when someone commits to a very well made documentary on one of the largest wars in history, you call the creator a racist, because he doesnt talk about YOUR people. It's childish and wrong.

[benjaminpwallen]

I actually saw a lecture with Ken Burns last night. He said "no latinos answered his adds. Latinos made up less than 1.5% of the population of America then." SO there wasnt a lot of feedback from his ads he placed.

[benjaminpwallen]

he went to the main 4 towns and placed adds for anyone to come up, he blanketed those areas and had little latino responce so there for less latinos then other types in the doc. SO right from the source him self, just no one came forward about it. but he did do short add on once some came forward. At the end

[curlballn]

dude can you hear that?...(rubbing my two fingers together). Its the worlds smallest violin.Shut the fuck up you whinning little bitch

[djmane1]

thank you KEN BURNS

people need to be educated on this great american artform

[ThaddeusMarcum]

Apparently, the Latino community is outraged at the failure to include Latinos in this film. I don't agree with them.

[mookindahouse]

where the whole film?

[CrazyJustin2006]

Oh man why does this DVD set have to be as much as basicly my spending money for 2 weeks????? I love Jazz!

[ashteryth]

Tell me about it, I just purchased the Civil War set and still want the Baseball documentary he did. Some of the most expensive sets or DVD's I've bought or want to buy.

[KreyProductions]

RUSSIAN SURVIVALISM IS PWNSOME

[cyclone2119413]

seth howard is pwnsome

[fallenhalo93]

:O OMG. Tis is zooooo pwnsome.