no it's not. it's not thorough and it is a blatant attempt to rewrite history.

Fascinating. What part of history do you think Ken BUrns Jazz rewrites.

Can't explain in a single post, but here's a good article for you. Basically those who live or have lived life *in* it were completely offended by the whitewashing. www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/31/h...

Thanks. I admit that share some of the author's problems, but I think he's way too hard on Burns. It's a documentary, not a concert, so talking over parts of pieces is something that didn't bother me. In fact, through the weeks that I watched, I constantly went back to hear complete pieces.

I do agree though, that he treated it as an historical arc as opposed to a continuing exploration in modern forms. That quote about born on the bottle, matured on the reefer and died on the needle was a bit much, but one has to admit that heroine was an issue during bebop.

Plus, you're right that he's not a player, he's more of a sociologist or historian. There is a constant strain of white society appropriating black music and art. I thought he kind of went there on that as well, but of course, I'm an old white guy. Anyway, I see your point, but I still like the doc.

if he'd done it more like this perhaps there wouldn't have been all that controversy. There's no volume 2. The owner of Transparency died before the storyboards could be written. Translate from radio to visuals and this is how to do it: www.discogs.com/release/3282...

Thanks. This looks amazing and I'm putting it on my list for birthday or Xmas.