The Cry of Jazz
5.9
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Overview
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.
Cast & Crew
Edward Bland
Director
George Waller
Alex Johnson
Dorothea Horton
Natalie
Melinda Dillon
Faye
Andrew Duncan
John
Leroy Inman
Louis
James Miller
Bob
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