Film

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music 1993

85 min TMDB 7.5 Documentary Music

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.

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Cast

  • Keith David as Self - Host
  • Robert Palmer as Self - Commentator
  • Albert Murray as Self - Commentator
  • Chuck Berry as Self (archive footage)
  • Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage)
  • Count Basie as Self (archive footage)

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