The Story of Jazz puts the crown on the Masters of American Music series. As entertaining as it is informative, this is a seamless array of performances, comments & compelling historic insight. This colourful tale of cross-cultural influences that produced a constantly evolving & enduring music is rich 98-minute weave of sounds, rare film clips, stills & interviews. Never before have the filmed comments of so many important jazz artists been assembled for one project, & never before has the history of jazz been told as vividly & with such attention to historic detail.