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The Cry of Jazz

22 Mar 1959
34 mins
5.9
13 votes
  • Documentary
  • Music
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Filmed in Chicago & 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, foreseeing 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 & white.
  • George Waller

    as Alex Johnson
  • Dorothea Horton

    as Natalie
  • Melinda Dillon

    as Faye
  • Andrew Duncan

    as John
  • Leroy Inman

    as Louis
  • James Miller

    as Bob
  • Gavin McFadyan

    as Bruce
  • Carl Dupree

    as
  • Goldina Rojas

    as
  • Alan Leavitt

    as
  • Carl McCormack

    as
  • Lettie Mae Randolph

    as

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