Part documentary, part musical ethnography, “The Cry of Jazz” (1959) was conceived by the composer Edward Bland, novelist Mark Kennedy, city-planner Nelam Hill, and mathematician Eugene Titus and comments on the innovations of Black musical history while acknowledging the ongoing fight for civil rights. It was incredibly controversial for these reasons and the frank discussions between the multi-racial cast at the center of the film
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Time for our first feature presentation: “The Cry of Jazz” (1959) directed by Edward O. Bland (https://youtu.be/fE00fzXpI04?si=UG1JNrQCyofGuS6R) and featuring the music of poet, musician and Afro-Futurist Sun Ra and His Arkestra
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