The Cry of Jazz (1959)

Directed by Edward Bland34mDocumentary,Music

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.

Year
1959
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
22 March 1959
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George Waller
Alex Johnson
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Dorothea Horton
Natalie
Melinda Dillon
Melinda Dillon
Faye
Andrew Duncan
Andrew Duncan
John
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Leroy Inman
Louis
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James Miller
Bob
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Gavin McFadyan
Bruce
C
Carl Dupree
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Goldina Rojas
A
Alan Leavitt
C
Carl McCormack
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Lettie Mae Randolph

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