Homeland resonates to jazz – but what other shows benefit from great music?

Carrie listens to Thelonius Monk, while Treme is also filled with jazz, proving a powerful soundtrack can enhance any TV plotThe squeaks and squalls of jazz are an essential part of Homeland. Music features frequently in the Channel 4 US import, from the hazy, trumpet-led dissonance of the opening titles – complete with archive footage of Louis Armstrong sandwiched next to the portentous rambling of Donald Rumsfeld – to CIA members Carrie and Saul's discussions about their favourite jazz mu...

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