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The Cry of Jazz (1959) | Slate

The Cry of Jazz

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Rated 6.2 on TMDB

The Cry of Jazz

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.

Released: 1959
Runtime: 34m
Genres: Documentary, Music
Language: English

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Edward BlandDirector

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George WallerAlex Johnson
Dorothea HortonNatalie
Melinda DillonFaye

Andrew DuncanJohn
Leroy InmanLouis
James MillerBob
Gavin McFadyanBruce
Carl Dupree

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