Jazz. Part 4, The True Welcome / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).

With farms and factories falling victim to the Great Depression, jazz was one of the few American industries poised for explosive growth. This program explores the art form during the first half of the decade, a period in which New York City usurped Chicago as America's jazz capital, Louis Armstrong...

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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.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (110 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Variant Title:
True Welcome
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Introduction to Jazz in the 1930s (7:30)
  • The True Welcome (5:22)
  • Mr. Armstrong (3:33)
  • Mr. Armstrong - The Star (9:25)
  • Mr. Armstrong - (3:10)
  • Mr. Armstrong - Historical Change (2:08)
  • Lindy Hop at the Savoy (5:27)
  • Elegance (4:50)
  • Elegance - Orchestrated Blues (4:06)
  • Elegance - Harlem and Fats Waller (6:38)
  • An American Invention (6:02)
  • An American Invention - Armstrong and the Gangsters (4:46)
  • Hard Times (5:41)
  • Hard Times - John Hammond (2:12)
  • Hard Times - FDR and Prohibition (3:42)
  • Hard Times - Benny Goodman (9:07)
  • Hard Times - Art Tatum (5:29)
  • Hard Times - All About Dance (3:05)
  • Tremendous Pride (4:33)
  • Tremendous Pride - Duke Ellington on Tour (3:07)
  • Tremendous Pride - Tragedy and Recovery (4:09)
  • Tremendous Pride - Louis Armstrong (2:48)
  • Tremendous Pride - Hard Times for Louis Armstrong (2:15)
  • A Great Medicine (3:17)
  • A Great Medicine - Benny Goodman in Los Angeles (3:27)
  • Credits: 'The True Welcome: Ken Burns: Jazz, Part 4' (2:46)