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

Contents:

Introduction to Jazz in the Late 1930s (2:26)
Swing-Mania and Big Bands (2:53)
Swing: Commerce and Compromise (2:52)
Saxophone - Coleman Hawkins (5:26)
Saxophonist Lester Young (6:08)
Kansas City (4:09)
Kansas City Jazz (3:51)
The Count (2:30)
The Count (5:06)
The Count - Mary Lou Williams (3:10)
Memories of You (4:07)
John Hammond and Count Basie (4:30)
Musical Kinship (5:42)
A Whore in Church (3:51)
Chick Webb and Orchestra (7:27)
The Ray (7:00)
Ella Fitzgerald (8:30)
Strange Fruit (7:30)
A Reason for Living (3:01)
A Reason for Living - Duke Ellington (3:00)
Coda (3:59)
Credits: 'Swing: The Velocity of Celebration, Ken Burns: Jazz, Part 6' (4:15)