Jazz. Part 9, The Adventure / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Amid the rise of suburbia, television, rock 'n' roll, and the baby boom generation, jazz lost a beloved and burned-out star: Billie Holiday. But the music still had its two guiding lights. In 1956, the first year Elvis topped the charts, Duke Ellington recaptured the nation's ear with a performance...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953-
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], ©2000.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
African Americans > Social life and customs.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
Music > 20th century > History and criticism.
Musical form.
Style, Musical.
United States > History > 1901-1953.
United States > Politics and government > 1901-1953.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Video recording.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Video recording.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (110 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Variant Title:
Adventure
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Survival of Jazz (4:41)
  • Soul Music/Rock & Roll (1:59)
  • The Titan (8:32)
  • The Titan - Duke Ellington (6:45)
  • Eavesdropping (7:23)
  • Eavesdropping - Clifford Brown (5:20)
  • Eavesdropping - Sarah Vaughan (4:59)
  • Oofta (10:56)
  • The Messengers (10:54)
  • All-Star Jazz Event (4:56)
  • Lester Brown/Billie Holiday (6:58)
  • Inside/Outside (10:08)
  • Inside/Outside (4:10)
  • Existence Music - John Coltrane (9:45)
  • The Adventure (4:50)
  • The Adventure - Ornette Coleman in New York (6:18)
  • Credits: 'The Adventure: Ken Burns: Jazz, Part 9' (3:14)
  • Rehearsal of 'New Rhumba' (4:54)