The Cry of Jazz Trailer

The Cry of Jazz Trailer (1959)

22 March 1959 Factual, Music 34 mins

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.

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The Cry Of Jazz (1959)

The Cry of Jazz is a 1959 documentary film by Ed Bland that connects jazz to African American history. It uses footage of Chicago's black neighborhoods and ...

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When the film came out the response was hideous” Ed Bland once said when asked about his seminal 1959 short The Cry of Jazz. “Very few liked it.

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Armond White introduces The Cry of Jazz

Armond White introduces the film THE CRY OF JAZZ. Courtesy of Maysles Documentary Center.

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