Jazz. Episode 6, Swing, the Velocity of Celebration
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Commentary, Ossie Davis, Jon Hendricks, Wynton Marsalis, Artie Shaw, Albert Murray, Gerald Early, James Maher, Gary Giddins, Phoebe Jacobs, Phil Schaap, James Lincoln Collier, Norma Miller, Jimmy Rowles ; narrator, Keith David.
In the late 1930s, as the Great Depression deepens, jazz thrives. The saxophone emerges as an iconic instrument of the music; this segment introduces two of its masters, Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Young migrates to Kansas City, where a vibrant music scene is prospering with musicians such as trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and drummers Jo Jones and Chick Webb. Out of this ferment emerges pianist Count Basie, who forms a band that epitomizes the Kansas City sound. Billie Holiday cuts recordings while other women musicians, including pianist Mary Lou Williams and singer Ella Fitzgerald emerge on the jazz scene. Benny Goodman holds the first-ever jazz concert at Carnegie Hall while Duke Ellington tours Europe.
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : PBS DVD, c2000.
Year Published: 2000
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: ILL
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1415702454 :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Burns, Ken, 1953-
David, Keith.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Novick, Lynn.
Davis, Ossie.
Hendricks, Jon, 1921-
Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- .
Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 .
Murray, Albert.
Early, Gerald Lyn.
Maher, James T.
Giddins, Gary.
Jacobs, Phoebe.
Schaap, Phil.
Collier, James Lincoln, 1928- .
Florentine Films.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
PBS DVD (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Ellington, Duke, -- 1899-1974.
Goodman, Benny, -- 1909-1986. .
Basie, Count, -- 1904- .
Young, Lester, -- 1909-1959.
Hawkins, Coleman.
Edison, Harry, -- 1915-1999.
Jones, Jo, -- 1911-1985.
Webb, Chick.
Williams, Mary Lou, -- 1910-
Holiday, Billie, -- 1915-1959.
Fitzgerald, Ella.
Depressions -- 1929 -- History -- Songs and music.
Jazz -- 1931-1940 -- History and criticism.
Jazz musicians -- Biography.
African American musicians -- Biography.
African Americans -- Music.
Jazz -- Kansas City -- History.
Swing (Music) -- History and criticism.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.