Jazz: A Film By Ken Burns

Inspired by blues and ragtime, it made its way up the Mississippi and spread across America, evolving along the way into a variety of forms. Filmmaker Ken Burns, who riveted the nation with The Civil War and Baseball, celebrates the music's soaring achievements, from their origins in blues and ragtime through swing, bebop, and fusion. He traces a century of jazz with this 10-part documentary series that mixes interviews with performance footage and rare recordings.

Six years in the making, this soundbreaking series blends 75 interviews, more than 500 pieces of music, 2,400 still photographs, and over 2,000 rare and archival film clips to illuminate the lives and times of jazz's extraordinary personalities.

The musical journey puts in the spotlight many of America's most original and creative figures, including Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis and many more. With Jazz you'll never see -- or hear -- America the same way again. This ten-video boxed set includes footage not shown on television. 19 hours total.