Product Review

Masters of American Music is an award-winning television series - as entertaining as it is educational & memorable, celebrating a pantheon of the greatest innovators in Jazz. Individual programs trace the lives & works of master musicians who defined the course of America's classical music. From its birth in New Orleans, to swing, big bands, bebop, free Jazz & beyond - all is explored with sensitivity & unique depth. Over 80 interviews were filmed in the making of the series. Featured artists come to life through these interviews, exciting rare performances, period footage & vintage photographs meticulously reproduced. Both the video & audio content has been restored & re-mastered in accordance with state-of-the-art specifications. Includes Lady Day / The Many Faces of Billie Holiday, Celebrating Bird / The Triumph of Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan / The Divine One, Thelonious Monk / American Composer and The Story of Jazz.