Jazz
Season 1 • Episode 3: Our Language: 1924 -1929 • Watch with subtitles
Episode 3: Our Language: 1924 -1929
January 10, 2001 • 107 min
Colorful characters like the tragic Bix Beiderbecke, powerhouse Bessie Smith, and the braggart Jelly Roll Morton, make the study of jazz fascinating. Perhaps most touching in this episode is the extended portrait of the troubled, white cornet player, Bix Beiderbecke, whose family disapproved of his chosen profession, and who would never be allowed to record with greats like Louis Armstrong due to segregation in the music business.
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