New Orleans - T01224573182Part 2 of our series exploring the origins and influences of jazz around the world. This episode features New Orleans, the legendary cradle of jazz and a melting-pot of different musical cultures; the Creoles' French woodwind tradition, Latin American rhythms from Cuba and the Caribbean, Afro-American folk music and spirituals, and new instruments being produced by white Americans. | |
24 Feb 01 | Performance Channel, Cable :: V01623625073 listing details L01103022939 |
Blues Legends - T83083292Part 1 of our series exploring the origins and influences of jazz around the world. Jazz and blues remained more or less indivisible brothers until the 1950's, and when they went their separate ways, they still remained connected - if only as opposites for each to react against. This programme features amongst others Miles Davis, B.B.King, Billie Holliday and Cassandra Wilson | |
17 Feb 01 | Performance Channel, Cable :: V01623625073 listing details L0114082882 |