Jazz. Part 6, Swing: The Velocity of Celebration / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

As the 1930s drew to a close, swing-mania was still going strong, but some fans were saying success had made the music too predictable. Their ears were tuned to a new sound, suffused with the blues-the Kansas City sound of Count Basie's band, which ignited new musical adventures. By 1938, Basie and...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
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:
Swing: The Velocity of Celebration
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
As the 1930s drew to a close, swing-mania was still going strong, but some fans were saying success had made the music too predictable. Their ears were tuned to a new sound, suffused with the blues-the Kansas City sound of Count Basie's band, which ignited new musical adventures. By 1938, Basie and his men were helping Benny Goodman bring jazz to Carnegie Hall. Soon Basie's lead saxophonist, Lester Young, was challenging Coleman Hawkins for supremacy, then teaming up with Billie Holiday for a series of recordings that revealed them as musical soul mates-although Holiday eventually wound up back in New York, pouring outrage into the anti-lynching ballad, 'Strange Fruit.' With war looming in Europe, Duke Ellington was hailed as a hero and Coleman Hawkins startled the world with a glimpse of what jazz would become.
Note:Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 01, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Electronic resource.
Interest Grade Level:
8 & up.
System Details:Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description.