The Cry of Jazz (1958)

Name: The Cry of Jazz
Rating: 3.3

3.3 of 5 from 46 ratings

0h 35min

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Filmed in Chicago and 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, overseeing 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 and white.
Rarely seen in cinemas, this is the first commercial release of The Cry Of Jazz transferred from a pristine print and featuring an otherwise unreleased Arkestral soundtrack
Actors:: George Waller, Dorothea Horton, Linda Dillon, Andrew Duncan, Leroy Inman, James Miller, Gavin McFadyan, Carl Dupree, Goldina Rojas, Alan Leavitt, Carl McCormack, Lettie Mae Randolph, Sun Ra, Ronnie Boykins
Directors:: Edward Bland
Writers:: Edward Bland, Nelam Hill
Studio:: Quantum Leap
Genres:: Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest