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OpinionRobert Dean

Essay: Jazz – A Love Letter to Ken Burns

There are few times in life when you can look beyond the existential husk and know, “fuck, I love this,” while something is happening in real time. Someone didn’t turn you onto it; you found the water yourself and chose to dive in. Getting wet was the point. That was me with Jazz, Ken Burns’ 2001 documentary on the history of the music.

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