Various Artists | Kens Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music (Soundtrack) | Album

The Ken Burns Jazz soundtrack collection—most notably the flagship 5-CD box set Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music—is widely reviewed as a masterful introduction for beginners but a deeply flawed history for aficionados. Released through a historic collaboration between Columbia/Legacy and Verve, the audio companion to the massive 19-hour PBS documentary features 94 tracks spanning from 1917 to the mid-1990s. Critical reception reveals a stark divide between its pedagogical brilliance and its highly controversial narrative biases.

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