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03583ngm a2200721Ia 4500 001 8826922A2AFD11DE9D8A7A07A8D7520A 005 200904162212.0 007 vf cbahou 008 010118s2000 xxu090 vleng d 028 40 $a B8267D $b PBS DVD Gold 035 $a (OCoLC)45744964 040 $a CUY $c CUY $d SILO $d SILO 245 0 $a Jazz. $n 5, $p Swing: Pure pleasure $h [videorecording] / $c a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns. 246 30 $a Swing: Pure pleasure 260 $a [United States] : $b PBS DVD, $c c2000. 300 $a 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : $b sd., col. ; $c 4 3/4 in. 508 $a Director, Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick. 511 0 $a Commentary: Wynton Marsalis, Artie Shaw, Joya Sherrill, Albert Murray, Margo Jefferson, James Maher, Gary Giddins, James Lincoln Collier, Milt Hinton, John Sanders, Dave Brubeck, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles, Lionel Hampton, Helen Oakley Dance, Stan Levy. 511 0 $a Narrator: Keith David. 520 $a 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. 538 $a DVD. 600 10 $a Armstrong, Louis, $d 1900-1971 $x Biography. 600 10 $a Ellington, Duke, $d 1899-1974 $x Biography. 600 10 $a Goodman, Benny, $d 1909- $x Biography. 600 10 $a Webb, Chick $x Biography. 600 10 $a Dorsey, Tommy, $d 1905-1956 $x Biography. 600 10 $a Lunceford, Jimmie $x Biography. 600 10 $a Miller, Glen, $d 1904-1944 $x Biography. 600 10 $a Shaw, Artie, $d 1910- $x Biography. 600 10 $a Holiday, Billie, $d 1915-1959 $x Biography. 610 20 $a Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.) $x History. 650 0 $a Depressions $y 1929 $z United States $x Songs and music. $x Songs and music. 650 0 $a Jazz $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Jazz musicians $z United States $x Biography. 650 0 $a African American musicians $z United States $x Biography. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Music 650 0 $a Jazz dance $z United States. 650 0 $a Swing (Music) $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Discrimination in public accomodations $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Discrimination in employment $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 700 1 $a Burns, Ken, $d 1953- 700 1 $a David, Keith. 700 1 $a Ward, Geoffrey C. 700 1 $a Marsalis, Wynton, $d 1961- 700 1 $a Murray, Albert. 700 1 $a Maher, James T. 700 1 $a Giddins, Gary. 700 1 $a Collier, James Lincoln, $d 1928- 700 1 $a Hinton, Milt. 700 1 $a Brubeck, Dave. 700 1 $a Hampton, Lionel. 700 1 $a Levy, Stan 700 1 $a Edison, Harry, $d 1915- 700 1 $a Rowles, Jimmy. 710 2 $a Florentine Films. 710 2 $a WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.). 710 2 $a PBS DVD (Firm) 939 $a 4296731 941 $a 1 945 $a dvv 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8826922A2AFD11DE9D8A7A07A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IOK 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search