ken burns jazz: the story of america's music

O diretor e produtor de documentários Kenneth Lauren Burns, mais conhecido como Ken Burns, levou anos produzindo a série ‘Jazz’. Nele, Burns conta a história do jazz desde os primórdios, no início do século XX, até o fim dos anos 90. O documentário centra-se em uma série de grandes músicos: Louis Armstrong e Duke Ellington são as figuras centrais, que giram em torno de outras grandes figuras como: Sidney Bechet, Stan Levey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis e John Coltrane. Baseada na série foi lançada uma caixa com cinco CDs chamada ‘Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of American’s Music’.



São 94 canções que abrangem uma grande quantidade de músicos e várias fases do jazz. Os discos seguem uma ordem cronológica. No primeiro CD, são encontradas pérolas como ‘Stardust’, com Louis Armstrong, ‘Dead Man Blues’, com Jelly Roll Morton, e ‘Backwater Blues’, interpretada por Bessie Smith. O segundo disco destaque para Duke Ellington e Chuck Webb. O terceiro CD abrange o fim dos anos 40 e início dos 50, quando mestres como Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker e Thelonious Monk brilhavam.



E grandes gravações como ‘I Get a Kick out of You”’, no trompete de Clifford Brown, ‘Giant Step’, com o saxofonista John Coltrane, ‘In The Mood’, com a orquestra de Glenn Miller, a marcante ‘Take Five’, com o quarteto de Dave Brubeck; o trompete de Chet Baker e o sax de Gerry Mulligan, em ‘Walking Shoes’. Na parte vocal, destaque para Billie Holiday, em ‘Strange Fruit’ e ‘Fine e Mellow’ e Sarah Vaughan no clássico ‘They Can’t Take That Away From Me’. No grande universo que é o jazz, cinco CDs não é nada e muito coisa não foi incluída e grandes cantoras como Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O’Day e Carmen McRae ficaram de fora. Dos artistas mais contemporâneos estão presentes Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis e a cantora Cassandra Wilson.

charlie parker quintet - embraceable you

Ken Burns Jazz - The Story of America's Music (2001)

CD 1: parte I    parte II

Tracklist CD 1

01. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - Stardust [1931]

02. Mississippi Fred McDowell - Soon One Mornin' [1959]

03. Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Band - Memphis Blues [1919]

04. Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Livery Stable Blues [1917]

05. James P. Johnson - Charleston [1925]

06. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Chimes Blues [1923]

07. Bessie Smith - Back Water Blues [1927]

08. Jelly Roll Morton - The Pearls [1926]

09. Jelly Roll Morton - Dead Man Blues [1926]

10. Clarence Williams's Blue Five - Wild Cat Blues [1923]

11. Clarence Williams's Blue Five - Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) [1925]

12. Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - Sugar Foot Stomp [1925]

13. Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - Heebie Jeebies [1926]

14. Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven - Potato Head Blues [1927]

15. Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - West End Blues [1928]

16. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - The Mooche [1928]

17. Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians - East St. Louis Toodle [1926]

18. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Black Beauty [1928]

19. The Jungle Band - Mood Indigo [1930]

20. Paul Whiteman & Orchestra - There Ain't No Sweet Man [1928]

21. Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra - Singin' The Blues [1927]

22. Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra - Riverboat Shuffle [1927]

23. Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - Hotter Than 'Ell [1934]

24. Ethel Waters - I Got Rhythm [1930]

CD 2: parte I    parte II

Tracklist CD 2

01. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - It Don't Mean A Thing [1932]

02. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Echoes of Harlem [1936]

03. Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Moten Swing [1932]

04. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - St. Louis Blues [1929]

05. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - Ain't Misbehavin' [1929]

06. Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - For Dancers Only [1937]

07. Benny goodman & His Orchestra - King Porter Stomp [1935]

08. The Benny Goodman Sextet - Rose Room [1939]

09. Benny Goodman Sextet - Sing, Sing, Sing [1937]

10. Count Basie & His Orchestra - Jumpin' at the Woodside [1938]

11. Count Basie & His Orchestra - Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today [1938]

12. Count Basie's Kansas City Seven - Lester Leaps In [1939]

13. Jones-Smith Incorporated - Oh, Lady, Be Good! [1936]

14. Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - Without Your Love [1937]

15. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit [1939]

16. Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra - God Bless The Child [1941]

17. Art Tatum - Three Little Words [1944]

18. Pete Johnson & Big Joe Turner - Rebecca [1944]

19. Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Harlem Congo [1937]

20. Chick Webb & His Orchestra & Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket A-Tasket [1938]

21. Django Reinhardt & Le Quartet du Hot Club de France - Shine [1936]

22. Noble Sissle & His Orchestra - Dear Old Southland [1937]

CD 3: parte I    parte II

Tracklist CD 3

01. Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul [1939]

02. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Cotton Tail [1940]

03. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Take The ''A'' Train [1941]

04. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Begin The Beguine [1938]

05. Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - In The Mood [1939]

06. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Well, Git It! [1942]

07. Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra - Solitude [1941]

08. Gene Krupa & His Orchestra - Drum Boogie [1941]

09. Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet - Salt Peanuts [1945]

10. Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - Groovin' High [1945]

11. Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers - Ko-Ko [1945]

12. Charlie Parker Quintet - Scrapple From The Apple [1947]

13. Charlie Parker Quintet - Embraceable You [1947]

14. Bud Powell Trio - Get Happy [1950]

15. Thelonious Monk - Epistrophy [1948]

16. Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser [1951]

17. Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Manteca [1947]

18. Miles Davis Nonet - Moon Dreams [1950]

19. Charlie Parker - Just Friends [1949]

20. Louis Armstrong - Rockin' Chair [1947]

21. Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio - They Can't Take That Away From Me [1954]

22. Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan - Walkin' Shoes [1952]

23. Billie Holiday - Fine And Mellow [1957]

CD 4: parte I    parte II

Tracklist CD 4

01. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers - Doodlin' [1954]

02. Clifford Brown & Max Roach - I Get A Kick Out Of You [1954]

03. Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas [1956]

04. The Modern Jazz Quartet - Django [1954]

05. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five [1959]

06. Miles Davis Sextet - So What [1959]

07. John Coltrane - Giant Steps [1959]

08. Cecil Taylor Trio - Rick Kick Shaw [1955]

09. Ornette Coleman - Chronology [1959]

10. Charles Mingus - Original Faubus Fables [1960]

11. John Coltrane Quartet - Acknowledgment [1964]

CD 5: parte I    parte II

Tracklist CD 5

01. Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly! [1963 and 1964]

02. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Desafinado [1962]

03. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - In a Sentimental Mood [1962]

04. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Tourist Point Of View [1966]

05. The Miles Davis Quintet - E.S.P. [1965]

06. Miles Davis - Spanish Key [1969]

07. Weather Report - Birdland [1977]

08. Grover Washington, Jr - Mister Magic [1974]

09. Herbie Hancock - Rockit [1983]

10. M.C. Solaar & Ron Carter - Un Ange En Danger [1994]

11. Dexter Gordon - Tanya [1978]

12. Wynton Marsalis - Soon All Will Know [1986]

13. Cassandra Wilson - Death Letter [1995]

14. The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Take the 'A' Train [1992]

Além do documentário, e da caixa com 5 CDs,
foram lançados 12 CDs, cada um com um artista.

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