Jazz. Part 2, The Gift / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
The flowering of the Jazz Age is a tale of two great cities, Chicago and New York, and two extraordinary artists whose achievements spanned nearly three-quarters of a century. Louis Armstrong was a fatherless waif who grew up on the rough streets of New Orleans, developing his extraordinary gifts be...
Uniform Title: | Films on Demand.
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Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2011], ©2000.
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Series: | Films on Demand.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (110 min.) : sound, color, digital file. |
Variant Title: |
Gift |
Format: | Electronic Video |
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The flowering of the Jazz Age is a tale of two great cities, Chicago and New York, and two extraordinary artists whose achievements spanned nearly three-quarters of a century. Louis Armstrong was a fatherless waif who grew up on the rough streets of New Orleans, developing his extraordinary gifts before moving to Chicago, where his transcendent sound inspired a new generation of musicians. Duke Ellington, raised in middle-class comfort, outgrew the society music of Washington, D.C. and headed for Harlem, where he formed a band and created a music all his own. This program also tells the stories of Paul Whiteman, a white bandleader who sold millions of records playing a sweet, symphonic jazz, and Fletcher Henderson, a black bandleader who packed the whites-only Roseland Ballroom with his bold arrangements. |
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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: |
6 & up. |
System Details: | Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
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Title from distributor's description. |