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Title:

On the road with Duke Ellington [videorecording (DVD)] : a rare visit behind the scenes with an American Jazz legend / Drew Associates ; producer, Mike Jackson.

Format:

[videorecording (DVD)] :

Publisher:

distributed by New Video,
distributed by New Video,

Copyright Date:

2002, 1974

Description:

1 videodisc (approx. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Ellington, Duke,--1899-1974--Biography.
African American composers--Biography.
African American jazz musicians--Biography.
Feature films.

Other Authors:

Jackson, Mike.
Morrow, Don.
Mills, Abbot.
Deen, Darwin.
Gilbert, Anne.
Mankowitz, Naomi.
Drew Associates.
Docurama (Firm)
New Video Group.

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. Special features: Duke Ellington biography; Ellington photo gallery; filmmaker biography; catalog/trailers for Docurama; interactive menus; scene selection. Narrator, Don Morrow.

Summary:

Filmed at the peak of his career, this serves as perhaps the most revealing and intimate portrait of the artist ever recorded. Gives an unobtrusive look inside the colorful and transient world of the American Jazz legend, exposing the key elements that characterize and define him. Ellington as the artist performing, composing and ruminating about his life and career.

ISBN:

9780767045544
0767045548

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49896252

Locations:

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)