Infos
DVD1 Episode01:
Interpreten: Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Freddie Keppard, Jelly Roll Morton;
Themen: Blues, Louisiana Creole Music, Minstrel shows, New Orleans Jazz, Original Dixieland Jass Band, Ragtime
DVD1 Episode02:
Interpreten: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, James Reese Europe, Fletcher Henderson, James P. Johnson, King Oliver, Willie Smith, Paul Whiteman;
Themen: Chicago Jazz, Harlem Renaissance, New Orleans Jazz, World War I
DVD1 Episode03:
Interpreten:
Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Artie Shaw, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters;
Themen: Cotton Club, Harlem Renaissance, Savoy Ballroom
DVD2 Episode04:
Interpreten: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, John Hammond, Fletcher Henderson, Billy Rose, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Chick Webb;
Themen: Great Depression, Lindy Hop, Swing music
DVD2 Episode05:
Interpreten: Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Jimmie Lunceford, Glen Miller, Artie Shaw, Chick Webb;
Themen: Discrimination in public accommodations, Great Depression, Savoy Ballroom, Swing music
DVD2 Episode06:
Interpreten: Count Basie, Harry Edison, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Jo Jones, Chick Webb, Mary Lou Williams, Lester Young;
Themen: Great Depression, Kansas City jazz, Swing music
DVD3 Episode07:
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DVD3 Episode08:
Interpreten: Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Glenn Miller, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Artie Shaw, Billy Strayhorn, Ben Webster;
Themen: Bebop, racism, Swing music, World War II
DVD3 Episode09:
Interpreten: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Paul Desmond, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Norman Granz, Billie Holiday, John Lewis, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker;
Themen: Bebop, drug abuse, West Coast jazz
DVD4 Episode10:
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DVD4 Episode11:
Interpreten: Louis Armstrong, Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan;
Themen: Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz
DVD4 Episode12:
Interpreten: Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Wynton Marsalis, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Archie Shepp;
Themen: Bossa nova, civil rights movement, Jazz fusion