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Having enjoyed Burns "Civil War" I was disappointed with "Jazz"

Posted by grinagog on October 22, 2008 at 20:20:24:
+ agree with EBerlin; this was altogether too narrow a take
Stanley Crouch ( who has long been a critic of Miles Davis, amongst others ) was given too much room for opinion + too much screen time

Needed: More input from the existing Jazz greats ( Helen Merrill, Sonny Rollins et. al. ) Burns may have still been able to get Jay McShann in front of the camera; I have another ( Japanese ) documentary where McShann reminisces about giving Charlie Parker his start in Jay's band, how "Bird" got his nickname, and what it was like playing in NY + Kansas City in the '30's + '40's
Not enough of this type of thing

And more modern contemporary Jazz players for sure, Jazz is not a dead genre

My argument is as much about what was in "Jazz" as much as what was missing

Entertaining, but lacking in the admirable balance + sweeping authority of "The Civil War"

GW