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The Cry of Jazz

03/22/1959

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0hr 34min

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Documentary

,Music

STORY

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

    Cast

  • George Waller
  • Dorothea Horton
  • Melinda Dillon
  • Andrew Duncan
  • Leroy Inman

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

      Production Countries

    LANGUAGES

    • English

    Cast

    George Waller

    Alex Johnson

    Dorothea Horton

    Natalie

    Melinda Dillon

    Faye

    Andrew Duncan

    John

    Leroy Inman

    Louis

    James Miller

    Bob

    Gavin McFadyan

    Bruce

    Carl Dupree

    Goldina Rojas

    Alan Leavitt

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