Jazz. Episode three, Our language / 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. 120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Special features: spectacular motion menus; 57 special music information cards. Commentary (in order of appearance): Wynton Marsalis, Gary Giddins, Doc Cheatham, Jon Hendricks, Gerald Early, Studs Terkel, Margo Jefferson, Richard Sudhalter, Artie Shaw, James Lincoln Collier, Stanley Crouch, Phoebe Jacobs, John Sanders ; narrated by Keith David.
Summary:
By 1924 to 1928 jazz is everywhere in America and spreading abroad. For the first time, soloists and singers take center stage, transforming the music with their distinctive voices. This episode traces the careers of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith, Earl Hines, Ethel Waters, Bix Beiderbecke, the first great white jazz artist and Benny Goodman, the son of Jewish immigrants.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.