The Cry of Jazz

The Cry of Jazz


Year: 1958 | Running Time: 35 minutes

Shot by Edward O. Bland in downtown Chicago and originally released in 1959, the half-hour documentary short The Cry of Jazz functions as Bland's foreboding prophecy, predicting the death of jazz as a form of African American expression, and deeply analyzing the racial politic of the music. In its ...more



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