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The Cry of Jazz (1959)

The Cry of Jazz (1959)

Music Documentary
Release Date: 1959, March 22
Directors: Edward Bland
Cast: Melinda Dillon, Andrew Duncan, James Miller, George Waller, Dorothea Horton, Leroy Inman, Gavin McFadyan

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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