In a filmed interview for a documentary history of our national ... the Constitution, baseball and jazz music. They're the three most beautiful things Americans have ever created." ...

To many, composed music and improvised music seem to be opposites, but in jazz, they merge in a unique ... one that you know from a book or from a film, say, The Wizard of Oz.

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(JTA) — One of the first people introduced in Ken Burns’ new documentary series about the ... with iconic works such as “The Civil War,” “Jazz” and “Baseball” (where he explained ...

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera), and the two became close friends, ...

Lionel Moise: For more than 40 years, Ken Burns has produced documentaries about life in America. He's covered baseball, the Civil War, jazz and National Parks, and his latest documentary is an ...

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

Documentarian and New Hampshire resident Ken Burns is almost ready to release his new series, a six-part, 12 hour show on the American Revolution. It will air for six consecutive nights and will ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns is visiting Lexington and Concord this spring to discuss his new documentary, "The American Revolution," according to a press release. The event is part of the Lex250 ...

The unseen presence giving status to all those involved in this nearly four-hour documentary is Leonardo ... two-night art extravaganza created by Ken Burns is that it is slightly superfluous ...

However, I have discovered a reassuring common point upon which to rebuild political trust: Ken Burns' magnificent PBS tribute to baseball in his 1994 documentary. The more I absorb this mythical ...

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera). The two became close friends, working together for more than 40 years.