Jazz. Episode 3, Our Language

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"PBS DVD Gold."
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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : PBS DVD, c2000.
Year Published: 2000
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: ILL

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1415702454 (set) :

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
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, 1912-2008.
Sudhalter, Richard M.
Sanders, John, 1925-
Florentine Films.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
PBS DVD (Firm)

SUBJECTS
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, -- 1900-1977.
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.
Jazz -- New York -- History and criticism.
Harlem Renaissance.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.