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Summary:

Between 1955 and 1960 rhythm and blues and rock'roll erode jazz' audiences but the music still enjoys tremendous creativity. Saxophonist Sonny Rollins and trumpeter Clifford Brown make their marks while Duke Ellington emerges stronger than ever and Miles Davis and John Coltrane make legendary albums. Louis Armstrong jeopardizes his career when he condemns the government for its failure to act on racism in Little Rock, Ark. Drummer Art Blakey and others attempt to win back R&B audiences to jazz. As stars such as Billie Holiday fade out, others such as Sarah Vaughan burn brightly and newcomers such as Ornette Coleman begin to push the music into uncharted territories.

Contributors:

Burns, Ken, 1953-

David, Keith

Ward, Geoffrey C.

Novick, Lynn

Erskine, Lewis

Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-

Davis, Ossie

Crouch, Stanley

Giddins, Gary

Early, Gerald Lyn

Glaser, Matt

Wein, George

Florentine Films

WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Works:

Jazz (Television program)

Subjects:

History

Music

Jazz — History and criticism

Jazz musicians — United States — Biography

African American musicians — Biography

Bop (Music) — History and criticism

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

Rollins, Sonny

Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990

Brown, Clifford

Davis, Miles

Blakey, Art, 1919-1990

Coltrane, John, 1926-1967

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

Coleman, Ornette

African American musicians

Bop (Music)

Jazz

Jazz musicians

United States

Genres:

Motion pictures

Documentary films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Online media

Internet videos

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Biographies

Performers:

Commentary: Wynton Marsalis, Ossie Davis, Matt Glaser, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Gary Giddins, George Wein, Jackie McLean, Nat Hentoff, Michael Cuscuna.
Narrator: Keith David.

Production Credits:

Director, Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick ; episode editor, Lewis Erskine.

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: B8271D

OCLC Numbers:

1052991641