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COPYRIGHT 2001 Liberation Publications, Inc.
Jazz: A History of America's Music * Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns * Knopf * 490 pages * $65
It was as a novice that award-winning documentarian Ken Burns (The Civil War, Baseball) came to the subject of his latest film, Jazz, an epic 18-hour series now available on video following its January broadcast on PBS. While most contemporary jazz aficionados tend to be middle-aged white men and students, the music and the history of what has been called America's greatest cultural contribution are largely unknown to the general public. Male-dominated and intent on preserving a gritty image, historically jazz also has been notoriously homophobic....
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