Jazz. Part 10, A Masterpiece by Midnight / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Dixieland, swing, bebop, modal, free, avant-garde, these were some of the terms critics used during the 1960s to categorize the diverse manifestations of jazz music. As for the artists themselves, many were desperate for work and headed for Europe, including bebop saxophone master Dexter Gordon. At...

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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:
Masterpiece by Midnight
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Dexter Gordon (3:43)
  • The Question of Jazz (1:15)
  • Jazz Expression (2:04)
  • 'Hello, Dolly' by Louis Armstrong (4:23)
  • Violent Sixties (1:48)
  • Freedom Now! - To Reclaim Jazz (5:30)
  • Freedom Now! (2:33)
  • Imaginary Concerts (4:38)
  • Bossa Nova Movement (2:36)
  • Not To Be Understood (8:15)
  • Not To Be Understood - John Coltrane (9:28)
  • Tennis Without a Net (4:52)
  • Miles Davis and Fusion (6:32)
  • Good Evening Everybody (14:42)
  • Good Evening Everybody - Duke Ellington (4:54)
  • Good Evening Everybody - Death of Jazz (5:14)
  • Homecoming (2:59)
  • Homecoming - Wynton Marsalis (5:55)
  • Young Artists in Today's Jazz World (9:18)
  • Jazz Still Swings (2:50)
  • Jazz Legacy (1:55)
  • Credits: 'A Masterpiece by Midnight: Ken Burns: Jazz, Part 10' (2:55)