Jazz > 3, Our language
a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC; a film by Ken Burns
- Resource Type:
- Streaming Video
- Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2000]
- Copyright:
- ©2000
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- 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.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- Performers:
- Commentary: Jon Hendricks, Wynton Marsalis, Artie Shaw, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Margo Jefferson, Gary Giddins, Doc Cheatham, James Lincoln Collier, Studs Terkel, Richard Sudhalter, John Sanders.
Narrator: Keith David. - Production Credits:
- Director, Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick ; episode editors, Lewis Erskine, Craig Mellish.
- General Notes:
- Documentary.
"PBS DVD gold."
Streaming Media
Video On Demand
Digital format: Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Digital format: Electronic reproduction. Denton, Texas : UNT Media Library, 2007. Digitized and made available by PBS. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (120 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences.
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file
- Call Numbers:
- Online Video
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, PBS DVD Gold: B8265D
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1052986899
