The Cry of Jazz
Release Date: 1959-03-22
Overview: 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.
Rating: 5.9 / 10
Cast
George Waller
as Alex Johnson
Dorothea Horton
as Natalie
Melinda Dillon
as Faye
Andrew Duncan
as John
Leroy Inman
as Louis
Crew
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Edward Bland - Director
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Sun Ra - Music
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