The Cry of Jazz

Name: The Cry of Jazz
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1959
Duration: 34 min
Rating: 6.2

1959 · 34 min

Documentary · Music

★ 6.2

Criterion

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.

Crew

Director Edward Bland

Cast

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George Waller
Alex Johnson
D
Dorothea Horton
Natalie
Melinda Dillon
Faye
Andrew Duncan
John
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Leroy Inman
Louis
J
James Miller
Bob
G
Gavin McFadyan
Bruce
C
Carl Dupree
G
Goldina Rojas
A
Alan Leavitt
C
Carl McCormack
L
Lettie Mae Randolph

Crew

Director — Edward Bland

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