Title Jazz. Episode three, Our language / a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick.

Publication Info.	[United States] : PBS DVD, [2000]
	copyright 2000

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Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD 781.65 JAZ DISC 3	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (circa 120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
	digital video stereo rda
	DVD
	video file DVD rda
Note	"PBS DVD Gold."
Credits	Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editor, Sandra Marie Christie.
Performer	Commentary, Jon Hendricks, Wynton Marsalis, Artie Shaw, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Margo Jefferson, Gary Giddins, Doc Cheatham, James Lincoln Collier, Studs Terkel, Richard Sudhalter, John Sanders ; narrator, Keith David.
Summary	By 1924 to 1928 jazz is everywhere in America and spreading abroad. For the first time, soloists and singers take center stage, transforming the music with their distinctive voices. This episode traces the careers of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith, Earl Hines, Ethel Waters, Bix Beiderbecke, the first great white jazz artist and Benny Goodman, the son of Jewish immigrants.
System Details	DVD, stereophonic.
Subject	Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.
	Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
	Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959.
	Smith, Bessie, 1898?-1937.
	Beiderbecke, Bix, 1903-1931.
	Hines, Earl, 1903-1983.
	Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.
	Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986.
	Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004.
	Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
	Cotton Club -- History.
	Jazz -- 1921-1930 -- History and criticism.
	Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
	African American musicians -- Biography.
	African Americans -- Music.
	Jazz dance -- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form	Documentary television programs.
Added Author	Burns, Ken, 1953-
	David, Keith.
	Ward, Geoffrey C.
	Novick, Lynn.
	Hendricks, Jon, 1921-
	Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
	Crouch, Stanley.
	Early, Gerald Lyn.
	Jefferson, Margo.
	Giddins, Gary.
	Cheatham, Doc.
	Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-
	Terkel, Studs, 1912-
	Sudhalter, Richard M.
	Sanders, John, 1925-
	Florentine Films.
	British Broadcasting Corporation.
	WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
	PBS DVD (Firm)
Added Title	Our language
Music No.	B8265D PBS DVD Gold

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