Jazz
Episode five : Swing, pure pleasure
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Author
Contributions
- David, Keith - Contributor
- Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- - Contributor
- Murray, Albert - Contributor
- Maher, James T. - Contributor
- Giddins, Gary - Contributor
and 10 more
- Collier, James Lincoln, 1928- - Contributor
- Hinton, Milt - Contributor
- Brubeck, Dave - Contributor
- Hampton, Lionel - Contributor
- Levy, Stan - Contributor
- Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 - Contributor
- Florentine Films - Contributor
- British Broadcasting Corporation - Contributor
- WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) - Contributor
- PBS DVD (Firm) - Contributor
Publication
2000 - PBS DVD, United States, United States
Language
English
Word Count
22,500 words, Guess
Page Count
90 pages
Physical Format
Video Recording
Identifiers
- OCLC Control Number45744964
- Open LibraryOL47069012M
Alternate Titles
- Swing, pure pleasure
Description
Companion Web site to a PBS documentary produced by Ken Burns. Enhances and expands on the film by providing episode descriptions, film clips, program airdates and times, and related links. Introduces the ensemble who produced the series and makes available transcripts of background interviews with jazz experts. Includes classroom activities for kids K-12.
Description
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.
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Series Statement
- MUS 100 (NU course)
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