Jazz | Great American Things

Posted by Robin on Mar 5, 2013 in Featured, Music | Comments Off on Come Away with Me, by Norah Jones

When I first heard Norah Jones, I assumed she was maybe in her 40’s, judging solely by that dusky voice. Then, of course, I saw a...

Posted by Robin on Nov 15, 2011 in Featured, Music | Comments Off on Blue Note Jazz Club

Is there any location in the America more appropriate for a world-class jazz club than Greenwich Village? The Blue Note on West 3rd St. in...

Posted by Robin on Oct 12, 2011 in Featured, General, Music | Comments Off on Music: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Take the blues quality of African music. Play it on instruments mostly invented in Europe. Filter it through the African-American...

Posted by Robin on Jan 7, 2011 in Music | 1 comment

If we take jazz to mean a free-form improvisation on a theme, then Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (Great American Things,...

Posted by Robin on May 18, 2010 in Director | Comments Off on Director: Ken Burns

It’s not as if Ken Burns invented the long-form, multi-part documentary. What he did was to bring a sense of style to archive...