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Jazz Episode Six, Swing, The Velocity Of Celebration

In the late 1930s, as the Great Depression deepens, jazz thrives. The saxophone emerges as an iconic instrument of the music; this segment introduces two of its masters, Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Young migrates to Kansas City, where a vibrant music scene is prospering with musicians such as...

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Corporate Authors: Florentine Films, British Broadcasting Corporation, WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), PBS DVD (Firm)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953-, David, Keith, Ward, Geoffrey C., Novick, Lynn, Davis, Ossie, Hendricks, Jon, 1921-, Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-, Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004, Murray, Albert, Early, Gerald Lyn, Maher, James T., Giddins, Gary, Jacobs, Phoebe, Schaap, Phil, Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [United States] : PBS DVD, c2000.
Subjects:
Ellington, Duke, > 1899-1974.
Goodman, Benny, > 1909-1986.
Basie, Count, > 1904-1984.
Young, Lester, > 1909-1959.
Hawkins, Coleman.
Edison, Harry, > 1915-1999.
Jones, Jo, > 1911-1985.
Webb, Chick.
Williams, Mary Lou, > 1910-1981.
Holiday, Billie, > 1915-1959.
Fitzgerald, Ella.
Depressions > 1929 > United States > History > Songs and music.
Jazz > 1931-1940 > History and criticism.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
African American musicians > Biography.
African Americans > Music.
Documentary television programs.
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Table of Contents:
  • Kansas City
  • The Count
  • Memories of you
  • Musical kinship
  • A whore in church
  • The Ray
  • Strange fruit
  • A reason for living.

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