The Blues - Season 1 Episode 7 Piano Blues

Name: The Blues
Genre: Documentary
Released: 04 Oct 2003
Rating: 7.30

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - A Musical Journey 2003-10-04 United States of America 90 minutes.

7.30 15 votes

Documentary interview archive footage music history blues music old footage music documentary historical documentary black music record archive

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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Sep 28, 2003

1 - 1

Feel Like Going Home Sep 28, 2003
1 - 2

Soul of a Man Sep 29, 2003
1 - 3

The Road To Memphis Sep 30, 2003
1 - 4

Warming by the Devil's Fire Oct 01, 2003
1 - 5

Godfathers and Sons Oct 02, 2003
1 - 6

Red, White and Blues Oct 03, 2003
1 - 7

Piano Blues Oct 04, 2003

0 Season 0 Jan 01, 1970

0 - 1

Trailer Jan 01, 1970
0 - 2

Interview with Martin Scorsese Jan 01, 1970
0 - 3

Taj Mahal & Corey Harris - Sittin' On Top Of The World Jan 01, 1970
0 - 4

Willie King & The Liberators - Spoonful Jan 01, 1970
0 - 5

Keb' Mo' & Corey Harris - Sweet Home Chicago Jan 01, 1970
0 - 6

Otha Turner & Corey Harris - Sittin' On Top Of The World Jan 01, 1970
0 - 7

Salif Keita - Folon Jan 01, 1970
0 - 8

Corey Harris - Honeysuckle Jan 01, 1970
0 - 9

Interview with Wim Wenders Jan 01, 1970
0 - 10

Outtake Jan 01, 1970
0 - 11

Lou Reed - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Jan 01, 1970
0 - 12

Cassandra Wilson - Slow Down Jan 01, 1970
0 - 13

Alvin Youngblood Hart - Mama Talk To Your Daughter Jan 01, 1970
0 - 14

Marc Ribot - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground (electric) Jan 01, 1970
0 - 15

Chris Thomas King - Revelations Jan 01, 1970
0 - 16

Interview with Richard Pearce & Robert Kenner Jan 01, 1970
0 - 17

B. B. King - Blues Boys Tune Jan 01, 1970
0 - 18

B. B. King -Key To The Highway Jan 01, 1970
0 - 19

Hubert Sumlin and David Johansen - Smokestack Lightning Jan 01, 1970
0 - 20

Interview with Charles Burnett Jan 01, 1970
0 - 21

Willie Dixon - Nervous Jan 01, 1970
0 - 22

Interview with Marc Levin Jan 01, 1970
0 - 23

The ElectriK Mud Kats (aka Electric Mud Band) with vocals by Chuck D, Common & Kyle Jason - Mannish Boy (Soundtrack Mix) Jan 01, 1970
0 - 24

Lonnie Brooks - You're Using Me Jan 01, 1970
0 - 25

Koko Taylor - Ernestine (Extended Version) Jan 01, 1970
0 - 26

Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains Jan 01, 1970
0 - 27

Howlin' Wolf - Eval (Is Going On) (Extended Version) Jan 01, 1970
0 - 28

Interview with Mike Figgis Jan 01, 1970
0 - 29

Lulu with Jeff Beck - Cry Me A River Jan 01, 1970
0 - 30

Pete King - Lush Life Jan 01, 1970
0 - 31

Jeff Beck - Nadia Jan 01, 1970
0 - 32

Jon Cleary - Piano Improvisation Jan 01, 1970
0 - 33

Band Rehearsal - Blues Jam Jan 01, 1970
0 - 34

Band Rehearsal - Who's Sorry Now (Instrumental) Jan 01, 1970
0 - 35

Mike Figgis - Piano Jam Jan 01, 1970

Overview

The film features interviews and live performances of piano players Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Dr. John and Marcia Ball. Eastwood interviews artists as Ray Charles, Dr. John, Marcia Ball, Pinetop Perkins, Dave Brubeck, Jay McShann, Henry Gray and shows archival performances of Fats Domino, Otis Spann, Art Tatum, Albert Simmons, Pete Johnson, Jay McShann, Big Joe Turner, Nat King Cole, Martha Davis, Professor Longhair, Charles Brown and Duke Ellington. Remarkable are two early performances of the Chess Records houseband with Otis Spann, Willie Dixon and, probably, Fred Below.

Year 2003

Studio PBS

Director

Crew Jody Patton (Executive Producer), Peter Schwartzkopff (Executive Producer)

Popularity 1.8167

Language English