Jazz > 7, Dedicated to chaos
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:
- When America enters WWII in 1941, swing becomes a symbol of democracy and entertainers like Dave Brubeck, Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw take their music to the armed forces overseas. In Nazi-occupied Europe, gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt blends jazz with his own musical traditions. In New York Billie Holiday is unofficial queen despite a growing addiction to narcotics. Duke Ellington, assisted by the gifted young arranger, Billy Strayhorn, brings his music to ever-greater heights. After dark a small underground of gifted young musicians led by the trumpet virtuoso Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonists Charlie Parker and Ben Webster begin to develop a new fast and intricate way of playing, developing a new music called bebop. Meanwhile in 1945, black soldiers return home to the same racism they fought against, and a growing unrest sets the seeds for future rebellions.
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- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- Performers:
- Commentary: Wynton Marsalis, Arvell Shaw, Joya Sherrill, Albert Murray, Stanley Crouch, Gary Giddins, Mercedes Ellington, Milt Hinton, John Sanders, Stan Levy, Jimmy Rowles.
Narrator: Keith David. - Production Credits:
- Director, Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick ; episode editor, Erik Ewers.
- 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 (105 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences.
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file
- Call Numbers:
- Online Video
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, Warner Home Video: B8269D
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1052998456
