Episodes
S1 E1 - Blues Beginnings
May 31, 200747minMorgan Freeman charts the history and influence of American music from rhythm and blues to rap through interviews, archive footage and live performances.This video is currently unavailableS1 E2 - Travelling Blues
May 31, 200747minMorgan Freeman examines the British blues boom of the 1960s, when bands including Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones helped bring the genre to a white audience.Available to buyS1 E3 - Sounds of Jazz
May 31, 200747minMorgan Freeman tells the story of the first few decades of jazz, from its birthplace in New Orleans and the big-band eras to bebop and other post-war developments.Available to buyS1 E4 - Free Jazz to Future Jazz
May 31, 200747minMorgan 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.Available to buyS1 E5 - Soul Stirrings
May 31, 200747minMorgan 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.Available to buyS1 E6 - Heart of Soul
May 31, 200747minMorgan 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.Available to buy
