SEPARATED AT BIRTH Ken from PBS and... Bjorn from ABBA

Reviews

• Ken Burns JAZZ: The Story of America's Music by C.Michael Bailey
• Ken Burns JAZZ: The Story Of America’s Music by Jim Santella
• The Best Of Ken Burns JAZZ by Don Williamson
• The Best Of Ken Burns JAZZ by Jim Santella

Articles/Essays/Interviews

• Interview with "JAZZ" co-producer Lynn Novick
• "JAZZ: Rewriting History?" by Nils Jacobson
• Black and White Jazz--Reverse Racism?
• J@LC and Saving Democracy by Simon Weil
• The Lincoln Center Democratic Jazz Aesthetic vs Anarchy by Simon Weil
• Ken Burns' "Jazz": The Episode Ten Fiasco by David R. Adler
• Ken Burns It Up by David X. Young
• J'Accuse, Burns And Marsalis by Michael Zilber
• The Hills Are Alive by Michael Zilber
• Thank You Mr. Burns by Peter Madsen
• Hey Ken, Did Baseball End in 1960 Too? by Marius Nordal
• A Woman's Perspective on Ken Burns' "Jazz" by Janet Lawson
• Defending Ken Burns Jazz by Henk de Boer

Just for Fun

• Jazz, A Very Long Film by Ken Burns by John Grabowski
• Ken Burns Invented Jazz
• Ken Burns Next Project
• Revenge of the Return of the Son of Ken Burns' "Jazz"

Discussion Topics

• What did you LIKE and DISLIKE most about the Ken Burns "JAZZ" documentary?
• Does Jazz need to do a better job selling itself, and if so, how?
• How are changes in society reflected in jazz?
• How will jazz evolve in the next century, or will it?
• If you were making a documentary about Jazz from 1960 to the present, which artists would you be certain to include, and why?
• What kind of impact has Wynton Marsalis had on jazz in the last 15 years?
• What's the best way to introduce someone to Jazz?
• Who do you feel is advancing jazz music and why?

Links

• Jazz at PBS
• The Nation Talks Live: Ken Burns
• I Hear America Scatting by Francis Davis
• Ken Burns' Jazz--The Fusion Transcripts by Curt Bianchi
• All That Jazz by Gene Santoro
• A Ken Burns' Jazz Post-Mortem by Stu Vandermark
• On Ken Burns' "JAZZ" -- and Bill Evans by Jan Stevens
• DocumentaryFilms.net review of "Jazz" by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
• Listening but not hearing: the Ken Burns version by Chris Parker
• All That's Jazz—Or is It? by Kim D. Hunter