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17. I agree, LudwigPastorius, that "Giant Steps" is the 5th monumental

Sun Apr 7, 2019, 11:34 AM

Apr 2019

album of 1959. But I don't think it's a coincidence "The Cry of Jazz, 1959" semi-doc was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry in 2010 and "1959: The Year that Change Jazz" came out the same year. I think someone remembered the highly controversial Jazz is Dead statement and discussion in "The Cry." It caused an uproar and divided intellectuals from Ralph Ellison to young LeRoi Jones (Amir Baraka) at the time.

I feel "1959: The Year" was in reaction to the "The Cry" about to hit the National Archives and the producers wanted to keep the time-line constrained to the same year to prove jazz was far from dead.

If that makes any sense

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I haven't seen 'The Cry of Jazz'. LudwigPastorius Apr 2019 #18

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