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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

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Calorie Rating: 119
Released: 1993-11-02
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1
Studios: Multiprises LLC, Taurus Film,


Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation of rock 'n' roll in the '50s. The scales, chords, and progressions of blues as a musical form can be found in styles from jazz to rock to contemporary R&B.

Director / Directors

Ken Mandel
Director


Cast

Keith David
Character: Self - Host
Robert Palmer
Character: Self - Commentator
Albert Murray
Character: Self - Commentator

Chuck Berry
Character: Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Character: Self (archive footage)
Count Basie
Character: Self (archive footage)

Big Bill Bronzy
Character: Self
Willie Dixon
Character: Self
W.C. Handy
Character: Self

John Lee Hooker
Character: Self
Son House
Character: Self
Mick Jagger
Character: Self

Louis Jordan
Character: Self
B.B. King
Character: Self
Charlie Parker
Character: Self

Bessie Smith
Character: Self (archive footage)
Dinah Washington
Character: Self (archive footage)
Muddy Waters
Character: Self (archive footage)

Sonny Boy Williamson II
Character: Self (archive footage)


Production and Crew

Hisao Ebine
Executive Producer
David Steffen
Executive Producer
Roy B. Yokelson
Sound Editor

Ken Mandel
Cinematography