Bluesland
- A Portrait in American Music explores the blues, with all its poetic irony & sly humour, its eroticism & timeless power. A uniquely creative & highly visual look at American blues, Bluesland travels the expansive landscape of the music, tracing its roots from the beginning og the 20th century through the Mississippi Delta to Louisiana, Texas, Kansas City & Chicago. With rare & memorable footage of the greatest performers, the film follows the musics many tributaries as blues flows into the sophisticated jazz of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington & Count Basie, the rhythm & blues of Louis Jordan & Dinah Washington, & the rock & roll of Chuck Berry & Elvis. Bluesland is a moving, authentic & illustrative overview of the blues
- a must for all music lovers.