| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital, stereo. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Don Morrow. |
| Credits |
Photographers, Abbot Mills, Darwin Deen ; editors, Anne Gilbert, Naomi Mankowitz. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Form |
Also issued on VHS. |
| Summary |
Filmed at the peak of his career, this serves as perhaps the most revealing and intimate portrait of the artist ever recorded. Gives an unobtrusive look inside the colorful and transient world of the American Jazz legend, exposing the key elements that characterize and define him. Ellington as the artist performing, composing and ruminating about his life and career. |
| Contents |
Going back -- Satin doll -- Solitude -- New composition -- Rondolet -- Traffic jam -- Soda fountain rag -- Finger snapping -- Billy Strayhorn -- In the beginning -- Old favorites -- Take the A train. |
| Note |
Special features: Duke Ellington biography; Ellington photo gallery; filmmaker biography; catalog/trailers for Docurama. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection. |
| Subject |
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
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African American composers -- Biography.
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African American jazz musicians -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical films.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Jackson, Mike. Producer.
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Morrow, Don, 1927-2020. Narrator.
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Mills, Abbot. Photographer.
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Deen, Darwin, photographer. Photographer.
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Gilbert, Anne. Editor.
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Mankowitz, Naomi. Editor.
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Drew Associates.
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Docurama (Firm)
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New Video Group.
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| Note |
Subtitle on container: Rare visit behind the scenes with an American Jazz legend |
| ISBN |
0767045548 |
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9780767045544 |
| Standard No. |
767685950234 |
| Music No. |
NVG-9502 Docurama |
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