Best of Ken Burns Jazz

Ken Burns JAZZ Collection | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000050HVJ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,214 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Compilation - Totally Recommend, December 29, 2000

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J. Charles Hansen (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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In one CD with 20 tracks you'll take the musical jazz journey from 1926 to 1959. From the early New Orleans sound of Jelly Roll Morton to the swing of Louis and Duke and Count Basie, vocals of Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, and the evolution of jazz with Thelonious, Coltrane and Miles. Hard to ask for much more in an overview of American Jazz than you'll get here. If Jazz is new to you this is an excellent introduction, or if you're a fan like me you'll appreciate this "best of" collection.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Jazz CD for the Beginner ...or for the Professiona, January 1, 2001

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Christopher Luis "OnlyGoodMusic" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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My first venture into jazz was the Smithsonian's History of Jazz 5 volume LP edition. 25 years and some 1,000 CDs later, I am still collecting and still enjoying. This CD brought to me as musch joy and as much understanding of Jazz as my first purchase. I felt as a beginner again. If you love Jazz or if you want to understand Jazz, get this one.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the best, November 27, 2000

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R. A. Meyer (Carmel, In United States) - See all my reviews
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If you can't afford the price tag on the 5 CD set then this is for you ! Although any serious jazz collector would have most of these songs it is still a great collection that takes the listener through time and a trip to W52nd Street in New York City. The sound quality is excellent, especially on the older songs. If anything this CD will make you hungry for more Coltrane, Sachmo, Dizzy and the Count ! Purchase it and you WON'T be dissappointed !