Jazz. Episode six, Swing, the velocity of celebration / a film by Ken Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; [a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC].
Publisher:
PBS,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
1 videodisc (approx. 105 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Special features: spectacular motion menus; 49 special music information cards. Commentary (in order of appearance): Jerry Jerome, Albert Murray, Wynton Marsalis, Michael Cuscuna, Gary Giddins, Jimmy Rowles, Jon Hendricks, Gerald Early, Buck O'Neil, Jay McShann, Ossie Davis, Clark Terry, Harry "Sweeets" Edison, Phoebe Jacobs, James Lincoln Collier, Branford Marsalis, Phil Schaap, Norma Miller, Helen Oakley Dance, James Maher, Artie Shaw ; narrated by Keith David.
Summary:
In the late 1930s, as the Great Depression deepens, jazz thrives. The saxophone emerges as an iconic instrument of the music, and 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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