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Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (ca. 19 hrs.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Episode 1. Jazz is born in New Orleans at the turn of the century emerging from several forms of music including ragtime, marching bands, work songs, spirituals, creole music, funeral parade music and above all, the blues. Musicians profiled here who advanced early jazz are Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Freddie Keppard, and musicians of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
Episode 2. From 1917 through 1924, the "Jazz Age" begins with...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and directed by world-renowned photographer Bert Stern, Jazz on a Summer's Day features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition of The Lord's Prayer by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jazz legend Chet Baker's tumultuous life is thrillingly re-imagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. In the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon of cool.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cornetist/pianist/composer Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke (1903-1931) was jazz's man who got away - the James Dean, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain of his day. Born in Davenport, Iowa into an upper-middle-class family, Beiderbecke became a legend even in his short lifetime, bringing amazing new energy and unprecedented maturity to the music and influencing generations of musicians. After a bout battling alcoholism, Bix died in Sunnyside, Queens on August 6,...
Author
Publisher
Blue Note Records
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (67 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Norah Jones performs at the House of Blues in New Orleans. Includes several never-before-released songs as well as songs off her Grammy-award winning album, Come Away With Me.
Series
Jazz icons volume ser. 2
Publisher
Naxos
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (36 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Great jazz performances of Dave Brubeck, Sarah Vaughan, Dexter Gordan and John Coltrane.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wide-ranging documentary that aims to put Monk's status into context and perspective. It blends the history of Monk's early career in Harlem with archival black-and-white footage of the pianist performing his own compositions for Norwegian and French TV.
Publisher
Homespun Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Warren covers essentials such as basic chords, voicings, progressions, substitutions, intervals, bass lines and melodic accompaniment. Lessons include study of progressions found throughout pop and jazz music.
9) Soul
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover...
Publisher
EuroArts Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Blue Note Records, the jazz record company founded in 1939 by German refugees Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. The history of the company has been intimately linked with the evolution of jazz music and the development of jazz musicians ever since. Includes many recordings of live performances by Blue Note artists as well as interviews of staff, performers and critics. Illustrated with photos by Francis Wolff.
Publisher
Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This spectacular concert at the lauded Montreal Jazz Festival saw Diana perform to a 15,000-strong crowd featuring material mainly from her The Girl in the Other Room album, as well as a few older favorites.
Series
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Takes a look at the music, musicians, and spectators at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1958. Recreates the look of Stern's still photography into motion, with a display of human observation and scenes of live jazz (84 min.).
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The film of the very historic jazz concert that took place at The International Jazz Hall of Fame in 1993. It captured, on film, a number of the legends of jazz, some for the last time, performing their signature songs. The jazz legends featured include: Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Rosemary Clooney, Joe Williams, Tito Puente, Nancy Wilson, Wynton Marsalis, Della Reese, Dorothy Donegan, Michael Bolton, and more.
Publisher
Eagle Eye Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 66 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Featuring fully restored black and white footage and remixed audio, view a stunning performance from one of the most versatile jazz singers of all time.
Author
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[20?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w segmenta ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Count Basie delivers a spectacular show live from Carnegie Hall, recorded on March 20, 1981 in one of his last televised performances. One of the premier Jazz programs for CBS cable and nominated for a Cable Ace award for excellence, this all-star tribute celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Count Basie's illustrious career. Features Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, George Benson and Joe Williams.
19) 'Round midnight
Series
Criterion collection volume 1122
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
2-DVD version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
Language
English
Description
It is a love letter from director Bertrand Tavernier to the heyday of bebop and to the Black American musicians who found refuge in the smoky underground jazz clubs of 1950s Paris. In a miraculous, sui generis fusion of performer and character that was nominated for an Oscar, legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon plays Dale Turner, a brilliant New York jazz veteran whose music aches with beauty but whose personal life is ravaged by addiction. Searching...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1930s London, the black jazz group known as the Louis Lester Band is on the rise. Countless aristocrats ask the band to perform, but as the band's success balloons, tragedy strikes, setting off events that may end it all.
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