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Ken Burns | PREVIEW: PROHIBITION: JAZZ AGE | PBS

Duration: 03:06
Program: Prohibition
Broadcast Date: Oct. 2, 2011

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Wynton Marsalis discuss what it takes to put together the score for PROHIBITION, and how the music takes on a life of it's own.

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Post Date: September 20, 2011