This is a must have box set this holiday season, perfect any party.
Leave it to Ken Burns to compile a "history" of America's music ! This CD set traces the roots of Jazz from it's beginnings and greatness (Sachmo, The Duke) to current masters ! The evolution of Jazz mirrors the history of the U.S. from it's early beginnings in the 1900's to the constantly changing music of today's Jazz. Ths sound quality is excellent and the enclosed bookelt is very informative. I would also highy like to recommend the Ken Burns book Jazz as it makes a great companion to the music. Beg or borrow this CD set, it is amazing, only regret is that it's only 5 CD's !! Can you say Volume 2 !!
Ken Burns Jazz - The Story of America's Music collects 94 tracks of music on five CDs along with 48 pages of annotation, explanation, and photographic documentation. It's all in the service of telling a tale of Americans working together, overcoming differences and conflicts, and moving toward a common goal.The general backdrop, of course, is the development of an indigenous music and its intertwinings with American life throughout the 20th century. But the central characters of this boxed-set story are really Burns, by now this country's pre-eminent documentary filmmaker; the producers at PBS, the original if no longer the dominant national television network; and the staffs of two major record labels, Verve and Columbia Legacy, who, in combination, possess a significant slice of jazz's history in their vaults.
[Via Jazziz, Larry Blumenfeld]
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