| Description |
1 videodisc (circa 105 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital video stereo rda |
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Laserdisc |
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video file Laserdisc rda |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editor, Aaron Vega. |
| Performer |
Commentary, Ossie Davis, Jon Hendricks, Wynton Marsalis, Artie Shaw, Albert Murray, Gerald Early, James Maher, Gary Giddins, Phoebe Jacobs, Phil Schaap, James Lincoln Collier, Norma Miller, Jimmy Rowles ; narrator, Keith David. |
| Summary |
In the late 1930s, as the Great Depression deepens, jazz thrives. The saxophone emerges as an iconic instrument of the music; this segment introduces two of its masters, Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Young migrates to Kansas City, where a vibrant music scene is prospering with musicians such as trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and drummers Jo Jones and Chick Webb. Out of this ferment emerges pianist Count Basie, who forms a band that epitomizes the Kansas City sound. Billie Holiday cuts recordings while other women musicians, including pianist Mary Lou Williams and singer Ella Fitzgerald emerge on the jazz scene. Benny Goodman holds the first-ever jazz concert at Carnegie Hall while Duke Ellington tours Europe. |
| System Details |
DVD, stereophonic. |
| Subject |
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
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Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986.
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Basie, Count, 1904-1984.
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Young, Lester, 1909-1959.
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Hawkins, Coleman.
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Edison, Harry, 1915-1999.
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Jones, Jo, 1911-1985.
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Webb, Chick.
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Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981.
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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
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Fitzgerald, Ella.
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Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- History -- Songs and music.
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Jazz -- 1931-1940 -- History and criticism.
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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African American musicians -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Music.
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Jazz -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History.
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Swing (Music) -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Burns, Ken, 1953-
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David, Keith.
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Ward, Geoffrey C.
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Novick, Lynn.
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Davis, Ossie.
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Hendricks, Jon, 1921-
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Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
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Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004.
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Murray, Albert.
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Early, Gerald Lyn.
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Maher, James T.
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Giddins, Gary.
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Jacobs, Phoebe.
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Schaap, Phil.
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Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-
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Florentine Films.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
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PBS DVD (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Swing, the velocity of celebration |
| Music No. |
B8268D PBS DVD Gold |
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