| Description |
1 videodisc (circa 90 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 ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Sarah E. Hill, and Shannon Robards. |
| Performer |
Commentary, Wynton Marsalis, Artie Shaw, Joya Sherrill, Albert Murray, Margo Jefferson, James Maher, Gary Giddins, James Lincoln Collier, Milt Hinton, John Sanders, Dave Brubeck, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles, Lionel Hampton, Helen Oakley Dance, Stan Levy ; narrator, Keith David. |
| Summary |
In the mid 1930s, as the Great Depression refuses to lift, Benny Goodman finds himself hailed as the "King of Swing" and becomes the first white bandleader to hire black musicians. He has a host or rivals among them, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmie Lunceford, Glen Miller and Artie Shaw. Louis Armstrong heads a big band of his own, while Duke Ellington continues his independent course, but great black artists still can't eat or sleep in many of the hotels where they perform. Billie Holiday emerges from a childhood of tragedy to begin her career as the greatest of all female jazz singers. |
| System Details |
DVD, stereophonic. |
| Subject |
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
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Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986.
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Webb, Chick.
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Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956.
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Lunceford, Jimmie.
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Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944.
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Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004.
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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
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Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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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 dance -- United States.
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Swing (Music) -- History and criticism.
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Discrimination in public accomodations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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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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Murray, Albert.
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Maher, James T.
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Giddins, Gary.
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Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-
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Hinton, Milt.
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Brubeck, Dave.
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Hampton, Lionel.
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Levy, Stan.
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Edison, Harry, 1915-1999.
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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, pure pleasure |
| Music No. |
B8267D PBS DVD Gold |
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