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Soul Stirrings
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.
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Thu, May 31, 2007
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Season 1:
Morgan Freeman charts the history and influence of American music from rhythm and blues to rap through interviews, archive footage and live performances.
Morgan 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.
Morgan 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.
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.
