A Journey Through American Music

Morgan Freeman traces the roots of the blues from the Mississippi Delta to Montreux, exploring its power and legacy.

From Clapton to The White Stripes, this episode charts how 1960s blues evolved, electrified, and transformed rock music forever.

From New Orleans to bebop, this episode traces jazz's evolution, from Armstrong and Ellington to Miles Davis's final notes.

Morgan Freeman continues charting the history of jazz, relating how after the bebop revolution of the 1940s, free jazz was formulated by Ornette Coleman in the late 1950s.

Morgan Freeman traces the ancestry of soul music, which had its roots in the 1950s when gospel and R'n'B came together through the work of Ray Charles.

Morgan Freeman recalls the heydays of the Motown and Stax record labels in the 1960s and 70s, and explores the work of neo-soul singers such as Angie Stone.