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Title:

Jazz [videorecording] / a production of Florentine Films and WETA in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

10 videodiscs (ca. 90 min. ea( : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Jazz.
Jazz--History and criticism.
Jazz musicians.
DVD collection.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Burns, Ken, 1953-
Florentine Films.
PBS Video.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

Other Titles:

Jazz (Television program)
Gumbo.
The gift.
Our language.
The true welcome.
Swing: pure pleasure.
Swing: The velocity of celebration.
Dedicated to chaos.
Risk.
The adventure.
A masterpiece by midnight.

Notes:

DVD. "PBS Video Index"--Container. Enhanced with a time code reference index that appears on the screen. "This program contains graphic language. Viewer discretion is advised."--Label. Narrated by Keith David.

Contents:

Episode 1. Gumbo. -- Episode 2. The gift. -- Episode 3. Our language. -- Episode 4. The true welcome. -- Episode 5. Swing: pure pleasure. -- Episode 6. Swing: the velocity of celebration. -- Episode 7. Dedicated to chaoes. -- Episode 8. Risk. -- Episode 9. The adventure. - Episode 10. A masterpiece by midnight.

Summary:

10 episodes tracing the history of Jazz from its roots in the African-American community of New Orleans during the 1890's to its heights and continuing presence, this video features artists Jelly Roll Morton, Buddy Bolden, Sidney Bechet, and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.

Series:

Jazz ;

ISBN:

1415702454
9781415702451

Locations:

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)