SUBJECTS THAT MATTER

Filmmaker Ken Burns’ ten-part jazz series is to be aired beginning in January. But he’s already hearing from critics. “When ”The Civil War’ aired, several months passed before a few historians published objections to the series; with ‘Baseball,’ it took several weeks before some sportswriters weighed in with objections over what they thought were grievous omissions. Two years before I finished `Jazz,’ I was getting letters from jazz critics telling me where I went wrong.” – Boston Globe (Baltimore Sun)