Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Playing Time |
020000 |
Series |
Jazz, a film by Ken Burns. (RC9)330564 |
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Jazz, a film by Ken Burns. (RC9)330564
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System Details |
DVD, stereo. |
Performer |
Commentary, Wynton Marsalis, Ossie Davis, Jon Hendricks, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Gary Giddins, Phil Schaap, Stan Levy, Harry Edison, Jackie McLean, Nat Hentoff, Bertrand Travernier ; narrator, Keith David. |
Credits |
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editor, Sandra Marie Christie. |
Note |
"PBS DVD Gold." |
Summary |
Between 1945 and 1955 jazz splinters into different camps: cool and hot, East and West, traditional and modern. One by one, the big bands leave the road, but Duke Ellington keeps his band together, while Louis Armstrong puts together a small group, the "All-Stars." Promoter Norman Granz insists on equal treatment for every member of his integrated troupes on his Jazz at the Philharmonic Tours. Meanwhile, bebop musicians Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker are creating some of the most inventive jazz ever played but a devastating narcotics plague sweeps through the jazz community, ruining lives and changing the dynamics of performance. And a number of great performers including Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Paul Desmond, Bille Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and John Lewis find new ways to bring new audiences to jazz. |
Contents |
Trying to play clean -- This is my home -- Sustained intensity -- The apostle of hipness -- Monk -- Cool -- The future unlived. |
Language |
English. |
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Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
Subject |
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
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Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955.
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Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.
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Granz, Norman, 1918-2001.
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Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.
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Davis, Miles.
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Brubeck, Dave.
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Mulligan, Gerry.
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Monk, Thelonious.
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Desmond, Paul, 1924-1977.
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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
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Fitzgerald, Ella.
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Lewis, John, 1920-2001.
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Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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African American musicians -- Biography.
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Musicians -- Drug use -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971. (OCoLC)fst00000332
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Brubeck, Dave. (OCoLC)fst00101103
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Davis, Miles. (OCoLC)fst00012094
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Desmond, Paul, 1924-1977. (OCoLC)fst00097446
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. (OCoLC)fst00019509
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Fitzgerald, Ella. (OCoLC)fst00108978
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Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993. (OCoLC)fst00011419
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Granz, Norman, 1918-2001. (OCoLC)fst00186106
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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959. (OCoLC)fst00011114
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Lewis, John, 1920-2001. (OCoLC)fst00078689
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Monk, Thelonious. (OCoLC)fst00104794
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Mulligan, Gerry. (OCoLC)fst00102059
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Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955. (OCoLC)fst00017100
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African American musicians. (OCoLC)fst00799273
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Jazz. (OCoLC)fst00982165
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Jazz musicians. (OCoLC)fst00982205
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Musicians -- Drug use.
(OCoLC)fst01030849
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Music. (OCoLC)fst01423855
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Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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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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Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
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Davis, Ossie.
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Hendricks, Jon, 1921-2017.
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Crouch, Stanley.
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Giddins, Gary.
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Early, Gerald Lyn.
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Schaap, Phil.
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Edison, Harry, 1915-1999.
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Levy, Stan.
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McLean, Jackie.
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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 |
Risk |
Music No. |
B8269D PBS DVD Gold |
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