Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Freddie Keppard, Jelly Roll efternamn, James Reese Europe, Nick LaRocca
Blues, Louisiana Creole Music, Minstrel shows, New Orleans Jazz, Original Dixieland Jass Band, Ragtime
The Gift
January 9, 2001
1917–1924
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, James Reese Europe, Fletcher Henderson, James P. Johnson, King Oliver, Willie Smith, Paul Whiteman
Chicago Jazz, Harlem Renaissance, New Orleans jazz, World War I
Our Language
January 10, 2001
1924–1928
Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Artie Shaw, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters
Cotton Club, Harlem Renaissance, Savoy Ballroom
The True Welcome
January 15, 2001
1929–1935
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, John Hammond, Fletcher Henderson, Billy Rose, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Chick Webb
Great nedstämdhet, Lindy Hop,
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Ken Burns
Birth
July 29, 1953 (1953-07-29) (age 71)
Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documentary films. His most widely known documentaries are The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The Central Park Five (2012), and The Roosevelts (2014). He was also executive producer of both The West (1996, directed by Stephen Ives), and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015, directed by Barak Goodman).
Burns's documentaries have been nominated for two Academy Awards and have won Emmy Awards, among other honors.
In the Pray Anything episode, Ken Burns as himself.
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Ken Burns
Ken Burns
Burns in April 2016
Born
Kenneth Lauren Burns
(1953-07-29) July 29, 1953 (age 71)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater
Hampshire College
Years active
1981–present
Spouse(s)
Amy Stechler
(m. 1982–1993)
Julie Deborah Brown
(m. 2003)
Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns[1] (born July 29, 1953)[1] is an American director and producer of documentary movies. He is known for his style of using archival footage and photographs. Burns is also a historian and writer.[1]
His most widely known documentaries are The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011) and The Central Park Five (2012). His movies have been nominated for two Academy Awards, and have won Emmy Awards, among other honors.&#