Ken Burns Jazz: The Story Of America's Music (2000)

Soundtrack bij de op 4DVD-set verschenen serie Jazz: Een film van Ken Burns - De Geschiedenis Van Jazz. "In conjunction with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' ten-part TV series, Columbia/Legacy and Verve teamed up to issue a special series of reissues covering much of the history of 20th century jazz. The central release of this program is this 5CD box set, its 94 selections covering the history of 20th century jazz, from 1917 to the mid-'90s. Chronologically, the set is very skewed toward the first 50 years; there is only just under a CD's worth of music dating from after the mid-'60s. What's here is a very good range of classic jazz from throughout the decades, touching upon performances, many acknowledged classics, from many of the music's giants: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and up to Wynton Marsalis and Cassandra Wilson." (Richie Unterburger, Allmusic; 4,5 uit 5 sterren)