A barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical America and the moguls of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ava Gardner never stopped loving those she loved. She turned women green and made men sweat. And rejected with all her force the bulwark of normality.

Artie Shaw and his orchestra perform four popular songs, "Alone Together", "Jeepers Creepers", "Deep Purple", and "Lady Be Good".

介绍美国从上世纪初到80年代的Jazz音乐发展﹐一连十集﹐1200分钟.节目是各位响当当的爵士乐手/歌手的珍贵演出片断及照片﹐还有大量的访问，种族隔离，各种审查制度的影响十集.1200分锺由Ken Burns 操刀﹐集合了75个珍贵访问.500段音乐选段2400张照片加上2000条影片﹐以6年时间制作。使到笔者接触爵士乐多年来首次欣赏到 Artie Shaw﹑Benny Goodman﹑Glen Miller﹑Billie Holiday 等的演出片段.