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Jazz. Episode six, Swing, the velocity of celebration [videorecording] / 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.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 88580 | PBS Home Video (set)Publication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2004.Edition: Full screen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1415702454 (set)
  • 9781415702451 (set)
Other title:
  • Swing, the velocity of celebration
Uniform titles:
  • Jazz (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editor, Aaron Vega.
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.Summary: 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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DVD NF DVD NF *Middletown Public Library NON FICTION DVD DVD 781.65 JAZ Available 33581003475472
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From the creator of The Civil War, Baseball and many other acclaimed documentaries comes this epic series celebrating that most American of art forms, jazz. From its blues and ragtime roots through swing and into bebop and fusion, the growth of jazz is charted as you watch 75 interviews, more than 500 pieces of music and rare, unseen photos and footage!

DVD, region 1, full screen presentation, Dolby surround stereo.

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.

Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editor, Aaron Vega.

Originally produced as part of the television mini-series Jazz in 2000.

Includes information on songs featured in the episode, music information cards, record company information, and music and photo credits.

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.

Not rated.

18.00 AEC 3 3581 00347 5472 6/09

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