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Title Jazz. Episode one, Gumbo / a Florentine Films production ; produced in cooperation with BBC ; produced in association with WETA-TV, Washington ; a film by Ken Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.

Imprint [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, ©2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD 781.65 JAZ DISC 1    Check Shelf
Edition Full screen version.
Description 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1, full screen presentation, Dolby surround stereo.
Performer Commentary, Ossie Davis, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Albert Murray, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Gary Giddins, Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Doc Cheatham.
Narrator, Keith David.
Credits Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editor, Paul Barnes.
Note Originally produced as part of the television mini-series Jazz in 2000.
Includes information on songs featured in the episode, record company information, music and photo credits, and The making of Jazz featurette.
Summary Jazz is born in New Orleans at the turn of the century emerging from several forms of music including ragtime, marching bands, work songs, spirituals, creole music, funeral parade music and above all, the blues. Musicians profiled here who advanced early jazz are Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Freddie Keppard, and musicians of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
Audience Not rated.
Language Closed-captioned.
Subject Bolden, Buddy, 1877-1931.
Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941.
Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959.
Keppard, Freddie, 1890-1933.
Original Dixieland Jazz Band -- History.
Jazz -- History and criticism.
Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
African American musicians -- Biography.
African Americans -- Music.
Jazz -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History and criticism.
Minstrel shows -- United States -- History.
Ragtime music -- History and criticism.
Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
Creoles -- Louisiana -- Music.
Improvisation (Music) -- History and criticism.
Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959. (OCoLC)fst00078324
Bolden, Buddy, 1877-1931. (OCoLC)fst00106928
Keppard, Freddie, 1890-1933. (OCoLC)fst00206993
Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941 (OCoLC)fst01836097
Original Dixieland Jazz Band. (OCoLC)fst00614468
African American musicians. (OCoLC)fst00799273
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Blues (Music) (OCoLC)fst00835056
Creoles. (OCoLC)fst00882825
Improvisation (Music) (OCoLC)fst00968306
Jazz. (OCoLC)fst00982165
Jazz musicians. (OCoLC)fst00982205
Minstrel shows. (OCoLC)fst01023491
Ragtime music. (OCoLC)fst01088526
Louisiana. (OCoLC)fst01207035
Louisiana -- New Orleans. (OCoLC)fst01204311
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form DVD-Video discs.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Music. (OCoLC)fst01423855
Documentary television programs.
Added Author Burns, Ken, 1953-
Novick, Lynn.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
David, Keith.
Davis, Ossie.
Marsalis, Branford.
Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
Murray, Albert.
Crouch, Stanley.
Early, Gerald Lyn.
Giddins, Gary.
Raeburn, Bruce Boyd, 1948-
Cheatham, Doc.
Florentine Films.
PBS Home Video.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title Gumbo
Jazz (Television program)
ISBN 1415702454 (set)
9781415702451 (set)
Standard No. 097368858046
841887051255
Music No. 88580 PBS Home Video (set)
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