Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (movie)

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (movie)

  • User score: 6
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Ken Mandel
  • Production companies: Multiprises LLC, Taurus Film
  • Genre: Documentary, Music
  • Release date: 11/2/1993
  • Run time: 85 min.

Movie description

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.

Actors

Keith David

Keith David

Role(s): Self - Host

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Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer

Role(s): Self - Commentator

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Albert Murray

Albert Murray

Role(s): Self - Commentator

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Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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