Jazz Our Language: 1924 -1929 (Season 1, Episode 3)
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TV Episode | 111 min | Documentary, History, Music

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Our Language: 1924 -1929 (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 111 min | Documentary, History, Music

In the 1920s, jazz is everywhere, and for the first time soloists and singers take center stage. We meet Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues; Bix Beiderbecke, the first great white jazz star; and Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, for whom jazz ...See moreIn the 1920s, jazz is everywhere, and for the first time soloists and singers take center stage. We meet Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues; Bix Beiderbecke, the first great white jazz star; and Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, for whom jazz offers a chance to escape the ghetto and achieve their dreams. Duke Ellington appears at the Cotton Club and Louis Armstrong performs his masterpiece, "West End Blues." Written by Anonymous See less

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30 cast members

Name	Known for
Louis Armstrong Self - trumpeter / composer / vocalist / actor (archive footage) Self - trumpeter / composer / vocalist / actor (archive footage) See fewer	High Society (1956)
Sidney Bechet Self - composer / saxophonist / clarinetist Self - composer / saxophonist / clarinetist See fewer	JFK (1991)
Bix Beiderbecke Self - cornetist / pianist / composer Self - cornetist / pianist / composer See fewer	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Matthew Broderick Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Producers (2005)
Doc Cheatham Self - trumpeter Self - trumpeter See fewer	Remember My Name (1978)
James Lincoln Collier Self - biographer Self - biographer See fewer	Danny Jones (1972)
Kevin Conway Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Gettysburg (1993)
Stanley Crouch Self - writer Self - writer See fewer	Jazz (2001)
Keith David Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Gerald Early Self - writer Self - writer See fewer	King of Cool (2021)
Duke Ellington Self - composer / pianist / bandleader Self - composer / pianist / bandleader See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Gary Giddins Self - music critic Self - music critic See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Benny Goodman Self - clarinetist / bandleader Self - clarinetist / bandleader See fewer	Allied (2016)
Jon Hendricks Self - singer Self - singer See fewer	White Men Can't Jump (1992)
Earl 'Fatha' Hines Self - pianist / bandleader Self - pianist / bandleader See fewer	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Samuel L. Jackson Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Pulp Fiction (1994)
Phoebe Jacobs Self - Publicist Self - Publicist See fewer	Jazz (2001)
Margo Jefferson Self - writer Self - writer See fewer	New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
Eriq La Salle Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	ER (1994)
Delroy Lindo Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Get Shorty (1995)
Amy Madigan Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Field of Dreams (1989)
Wynton Marsalis Self - Trumpeter / composer / jazz historian Self - Trumpeter / composer / jazz historian See fewer	A Star Is Born (2018)
James Naughton Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Cat's Eye (1985)
Kevin Ramsey Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Foreigners' Tales (2018)
John Sanders Self - trombonist (as Monsignor John Sanders) Self - trombonist (as Monsignor John Sanders) See fewer	Jazz (2001)
Artie Shaw Self - clarinetist / composer / bandleader / actor Self - clarinetist / composer / bandleader / actor See fewer	The Rocketeer (1991)
Bessie Smith Self - singer Self - singer See fewer	Angel Heart (1987)
Richard M. Sudhalter Self - biographer Self - biographer See fewer	Jazz (2001)
Studs Terkel Self - writer Self - writer See fewer	Eight Men Out (1988)
Ethel Waters Self Self See fewer	Cabin in the Sky (1943)