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Jazz
The Adventure
Season 1
Episode 9
In the late 1950s, America's postwar prosperity continues, but beneath the surface run currents of change. Families are moving to the suburbs, watching television has become the national pastime, and baby boomers have begun coming of age.
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During the Sixties, jazz is in trouble.
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1:58:35
The postwar years bring America to a level of prosperity unimaginable a decade before.
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When America enters World War II, jazz is part of the arsenal.
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A new sound emerges- pulsing, stomping, suffused with the blues.
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As the Depression drags on, jazz comes as close as ever to being America's music
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1:58:57
Jazz is called upon to lift the spirits of a frightened country.
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1:46:40
As the stock market continues to soar, jazz is everywhere in America
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1:48:52
Louis Armstrong shows the whole world how to swing.
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1:21:48
JAZZ begins in New Orleans, nineteenth century America's most cosmopolitan city.