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Jazz

A Masterpiece by Midnight

Season 1 Episode 10 | 1hr 48m 32s

During the Sixties, jazz is in trouble. Critics divide the music into "schools" - Dixieland, swing, bebop, hard bop, modal, free, avant-garde. But most young people are listening to rock 'n' roll.

Aired: 12/14/15 | Expires: 02/07/21
Funding provided by: General Motors;PBS; Park Foundation; CPB; The Pew Charitable Trusts; The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism; NEH; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The Reva and David Logan Foundation; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundations; NEA; Helen and Peter Bing
Extras
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Jazz
The Adventure
Currents of change in American now impact Jazz.
Episode: S1 E9 | 1:54:32
Watch • 1:58:35
Jazz
Risk
The postwar years bring America to a level of prosperity unimaginable a decade before.
Episode: S1 E8 | 1:58:35
Watch • 1:54:32
Jazz
The Adventure
Currents of change in American now impact Jazz.
Episode: S1 E9 | 1:54:32
Watch • 1:58:35
Jazz
Risk
The postwar years bring America to a level of prosperity unimaginable a decade before.
Episode: S1 E8 | 1:58:35