On this day in movie history - The Blues (2003)

The Blues

7-part documentary series.

Released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 6, 2003.

Aired on PBS television in the United States from September 28, 2003 – October 4, 2003.

Directed by:

Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Marc Levin, Martin Scorsese, Mike Figgis, Richard Pearce and Wim Wenders.

Written by:

Charles Burnett, Peter Guralnick, Robert Gordon and Wim Wenders.

Series episode titles:

• Feel Like Going Home
• The Soul of a Man
• The Road to Memphis
• Warming by the Devil's Fire
• Godfathers and Sons
• Red, White and Blues
• Piano Blues

Cast:

Ike Turner, B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins, Dick Waterman, Chris Thomas King, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Keith B. Brown, Carl Lumbly, James Hughes, David F. Hughes, Ivy Cassel, Shayne Tingle, Frances Horton White, Susan McWilliams, Joy Brashears, Tommie Tc Carter, Goodman. Wille, Colleen White, Vasti Jackson, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Ted Davis, Ilona W. Wilkes, Jay R. Unger, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Jones, T Bone Burnett, Lulu, Nick Cave, Mick Fleetwood, Elvis Costello, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Beck, Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon, Keb' Mo', Dr. John, Steve Winwood, Eagle Eye Cherry, Chuck D, Dave Brubeck, Taj Mahal, Cassandra Wilson, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, KoKo Taylor, Lonnie Donegan, Bobby Rush, Rufus Thomas, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Mayall, Peter Green, Albert Lee, Vernon Reid, Sam Phillips, Jack Elliott, Georgie Fame, Ali Farka Touré, Chris Barber, Marc Ribot, Little Milton, Hubert Sumlin, George Melly, Magic Slim, Chris Farlowe, Ian Jennings, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Rahzel, Bert Jansch, Sam Carr, Joe Mulherin, Jon Cleary, Salif Keïta, Shemekia Copeland, Rosco Gordon, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Johnny Juice Rosado, Garland Jeffreys, Marshall Chess, Jay McShann, Cato Walker III, Pete Jolly, Corey Harris, Jim Dickinson, Otha Turner, Calvin Newborn, Henry Gray, Don Kern, Bernice Turner Pratcher, Pete King, Richard Shurman, Davy Graham, Habib Koité, Marcia Ball, Christine Tobin, Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor, David Barnes, Bob Koester, Phil Chess, Seaberg Ronnog, Jesse Price, Willie King, Sam Lay, Steve Seaberg, Mark Mondesir, Ahmir, Morris Jennings, Toumani Diabaté, Jamar Chess, Phil Upchurch, James Blood Ulmer, Chris Spindel, Pete Johnson, Christine Spindel, Sharde Thomas, Mya, Rob Stone.

On this day in music history - The album The Blues, by B.B. King (1958)

The Blues

by B.B. King

was released on June 23, 1958.

On this day in movie history - Piano Blues (2003)

Piano Blues

documentary directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Peter Guralnick,

part 7 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 4, 2003.

Cast:

Albert Ammons, Marcia Ball, Count Basie, Charles Brown, Dave Brubeck, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Nat 'King' Cole, Martha Davis, Willie Dixon, Fats Domino, Dorothy Donegan, Dr. John, Clint Eastwood, Duke Ellington, Henry Gray, Linda Hopkins, Pete Johnson, Pete Jolly, Meade 'Lux' Lewis, Jay McShann, Thelonious Monk, Phineas Newborn Jr., Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Pinetop Perkins, Oscar Peterson, André Previn, Jesse Price, Henry ‘Professor Longhair’ Byrd, Eugene Roberts, Gene Rodgers, Otis Spann, Art Tatum, Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters.

On this day in movie history - Red, White and Blues (2003)

Red, White and Blues

documentary directed by Mike Figgis,

part 6 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 3, 2003.

Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.

Cast:

Ginger Baker, Chris Barber, Jeff Beck, Booker T. & the M.G.s, Big Bill Broonzy, Jack Bruce, Eric Burdon, Eric Clapton, Jon Cleary, Elvis Costello, James Cotton, Cream, Lonnie Donegan, Jack Elliott, Georgie Fame, Chris Farlowe, Mick Fleetwood, Davy Graham, Peter Green, Bert Jansch, Ian Jennings, Tom Jones, B.B. King, Pete King, Alexis Korner, Leadbelly, Albert Lee, John Lennon, Lulu, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Mayall, Brownie McGhee, Joe Meek, George Melly, Mark Mondesir, Van Morrison, The Plastic Ono Band, The Rolling Stones, Otis Spann, Sonny Terry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Christine Tobin, Muddy Waters, Steve Winwood.

On this day in movie history - Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003)

Warming by the Devil's Fire

documentary directed and written by Charles Burnett,

part 4 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 1, 2003.

Additional music by Stephen James Taylor.

Cast:

Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Carl Lumbly, Ivy Cassel, Frances Horton White, Susan McWilliams, Tommie Tc Carter, Goodman. Wille, Colleen White, Vasti Jackson, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Ted Davis, Ilona W. Wilkes, Jay R. Unger, Big Bill Broonzy, Sam Chatmon, Elizabeth Cotton, Ida Cox, Gary Davis, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin Hopkins, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Brownie McGhee, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Sonny Terry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, T-Bone Walker, Dinah Washington, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson.

On this day in movie history - The Soul of a Man (2003)

The Soul of a Man

documentary directed and written by Wim Wenders,

part 2 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on September 29, 2003.

Additional music by Davis Coen.

Cast:

Chris Thomas King, Keith B. Brown, James Hughes, David F. Hughes, Shayne Tingle, Joy Brashears, David Barnes, Beck, James Blood Ulmer, T Bone Burnett, Nick Cave, Eagle Eye Cherry, Shemekia Copeland, Cream, Laurence Fishburne, Skip James, Garland Jeffreys, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, J.B. Lenoir, Los Lobos, John Mayall, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Vernon Reid, Marc Ribot, Seaberg Ronnog, Steve Seaberg, Richard Shurman, Dick Waterman, Lucinda Williams, Cassandra Wilson, Alvin Youngblood Hart.