Episodes
Each two-hour episode of the ten episodes of Jazz covered a different era:
| Episode | Original air date | Time period | Personalities | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gumbo | January 8, 2001 | to 1917 | Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Freddie Keppard, Jelly Roll Morton, Nick LaRocca | Blues, Louisiana Creole Music, Minstrel shows, New Orleans Jazz, Original Dixieland Jass Band, Ragtime |
| The Gift | January 9, 2001 | 1917–1924 | Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, James Reese Europe, Fletcher Henderson, James P. Johnson, King Oliver, Willie Smith, Paul Whiteman | Chicago Jazz, Harlem Renaissance, New Orleans jazz, World War I |
| Our Language | January 10, 2001 | 1924–1928 | Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Artie Shaw, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters | Cotton Club, Harlem Renaissance, Savoy Ballroom |
| The True Welcome | January 11, 2001 | 1929–1935 | Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, John Hammond, Fletcher Henderson, Billy Rose, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Chick Webb | Great Depression, Lindy Hop, Swing music |
| Swing: Pure Pleasure | January 12, 2001 | 1935–1937 | Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Chick Webb, Teddy Wilson | Discrimination in public accommodations, Great Depression, Savoy Ballroom, Swing music |
| Swing: The Velocity of Celebration | January 15, 2001 | 1937–1939 | Count Basie, Harry Edison, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Jo Jones, Chick Webb, Mary Lou Williams, Lester Young | Great Depression, Kansas City jazz, Swing music |
| Dedicated to Chaos | January 16, 2001 | 1940–1945 | Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Glenn Miller, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Artie Shaw, Billy Strayhorn, Ben Webster | Bebop, racism, Swing music, World War II |
| Risk | January 17, 2001 | 1945–1956 | Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Paul Desmond, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Norman Granz, Billie Holiday, John Lewis, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker | Bebop, drug abuse, West Coast jazz |
| The Adventure | January 18, 2001 | 1956–1961 | Louis Armstrong, Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan | Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz |
| A Masterpiece by Midnight | January 19, 2001 | 1961–2001 | Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Wynton Marsalis, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Archie Shepp | Bossa nova, civil rights movement, Jazz fusion |
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