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Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's polemical essay on the politics of music and race - a forecast of what he called "the death of jazz." A landmark moment in black film, foreseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades, it also features the only known footage of visionary pianist Sun Ra from his beloved Chicago period. Featured are ample images of tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and the rest of Ra's Arkestra in Windy City nightclubs, all shot in glorious black & white.
Year: 1959
Genre: Documentary, Music
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Director: Edward Bland
Cast: George Waller, Dorothea Horton, Melinda Dillon, Andrew Duncan, Leroy Inman, James Miller
Runtime: 34 minutes
Release: Mar 22, 1959
IMDb: 5.90/10 by 13 users
Popularity: 2
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Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : jazz, jazz singer or musician, jazz age, jazz band, free jazz, avant garde, avant garde jazz
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