Icons Among Us: Jazz In The Present Tense

05/04/2009
. (PR) The Documentary Channel's exclusive U.S. television premiere of the four-part documentary series "Icons Among Us: jazz in the present tense," concludes on Monday, May 11th at 9 p.m. ET/PT with the final episode "Everything Everywhere." The series celebrates the world of contemporary jazz music and its influence on some of today's brightest jazz artists.

The fourth "Icons" episode covers "Everything Everywhere." The origins of jazz are mysterious; its journey less so. African rhythms finding western instruments. Folk music of the Caribbean drifting north into the brackish waters of New Orleans, mingling with the blues, Native American spirit, and the individualistic impulse of restless democracy. The transmission of this enigmatic but eminently humane art form to the world and to the youth who live in the epicenters of its origins and lifeblood are the focus of the final episode. Courtney Pine and Richard Bona weigh in with incredible stories evoking the penetration of jazz DNA into the body of world music. Terence Blanchard, Stanton Moore, Roy Hargrove, Charlie Hunter, Donald Harrison and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band bring viewers home to New Orleans, a damaged but luminous vessel that still embodies a musical culture unique to the world.

DOC is available on DISH Network (Channel 197), and several broadcast stations in major markets including NYC TV (Channel 25) throughout the greater New York metropolitan area. - Preview

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