Jazz was one of the twentieth century’s most influential musical forces. Born in the United States as a Creole genre rooted in the blues, powerfully explored by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), it continually absorbed new influences, from swing and prewar big bands to the bebop revolution of the 1940s, and later the avant-garde’s radical, politically charged dissonances. Directed by Matthew Seig and produced by Toby Byron as a part of his Masters of American Music series, "The Story of Jazz" traces t