Jazz [videorecording] /a Florentine Films production ; a film by Ken Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick ; produced in cooperation with BBC ; produced in association with WETA-TV, Washington.
Contributor(s): Novick, Lynn | Burns, Ken | David, Keith | Ward, Geoffrey C | WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) | British Broadcasting Corp | Florentine Films | PBS Home Video | Paramount Home Entertainment.
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Visual materialPublisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004, c2000Edition: Standard format.Description: 10 videodiscs (ca. 19 hr.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 1415702454.Subject(s): Jazz -- History and criticism | Jazz musicians | Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 | Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 | Goodman, Benny, 1909- | Shaw, Artie, 1910- | Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944 | Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 | Fitzgerald, Ella | Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 | Gillespis, Dizzy, 1917- | Davis, Miles | African American musicians | African Americans -- Music | Harlem Renaissance. -- Swing (Music) | History | Bop (Music) -- History | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | DVD-Video discsGenre/Form: Documentary television programs.DDC classification: 781.65 Young Adult Follett Library Resources
DVD; Dolby surround stereo.; region 1.
Closed-captioned.
Narrated by Keith David.
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editors, Paul Barnes (episode 1), Sandra Marie Christie (episodes 2, 8), Lewis Erskine (episodes 3, 9), Craig Mellish (episode 3), Erik Ewers (episodes 4, 7), Tricia Reidy (episodes 5, 10), Sarah E. Hill (episodes 5, 10), Shannon Robards (episode 5), Aaron Vega (episode 6).
Originally produced for television in 2001.
Each disc includes a music information mode with information on jazz songs from each episode, record company information, and music and photo credits. Episode 1 includes The making of Jazz featurette; episode 2 includes a bonus performance from 1933 of "I cover the waterfront" by Louis Armstrong. episode.
Presents Ken Burns's ten part series on the history of jazz music which orginally aired on PBS, featuring profiles of and performances by such greats as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Billy Holiday, and others.
episode one. Gumbo (ca. 90 min.) -- episode two. Gift (ca. 120 min.) -- episode three. Our language (ca. 120 min.) -- episode four. True welcome (ca. 120 min.) -- episode five. Swing : pure pleasure (ca. 90 min.) -- episode six. Swing : the velocity of celebration (ca. 105 min.) -- episode seven. Dedicated to chaos (ca. 120 min.) -- episode eight. Risk (ca. 120 min.) -- episode nine. Adventure (ca. 120 min.) -- episode ten. Masterpiece by midnight (ca. 120 min.).
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