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Edward Bland: 'Cry of Jazz'

March 29, 2013

Edward Bland died of cancer at his home in Smithfield, Va. on March 14 at 86. Bland was a musician, composer and arranger, according to the New York Times's obit,  but he also made one film—Cry of Jazz. When the 34-minute film about jazz from the black perspective was released in 1959, it triggered debate among ...