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Summary:

A moving tribute to Jim Pepper, a contemporary Native american jazz musician who was an innovator in jazz-rock fusion as well as world music. Pepper learned peyote chants at his grandfathers knee and then went on to successfully fuse Native American music with jazz. Wichi Tai To, based on a peyote chant has become a jazz classic.

Contributors:

Osawa, Sandy Sunrising

Upstream Productions

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Subjects:

Pepper, Jim

Jazz musicians — United States — Biography

Indians of North America — Music

Jazz musicians

Indians of North America

United States

Genres:

Biographies

System Details:

DVD, NTSC 4:3 aspect ratio format, sound Ch1, Ch2 mono.

Production Credits:

Producer, Sandra Osawa ; camera/sound/editor, Yasu Osawa.

General Notes:

Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium.
"Remastered 1/25/05" -- Disc surface.
"PBS broadcast 1997-99" -- Disc surface.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

PEP 1996 DVD
DVD 14026

ISBNs:

1930065051
9781930065055

OCLC Numbers:

1053089567
61117938 [Invalid]