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Series
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (64 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
Performances featuring the jazz pianist/vocalist, filmed for the Dutch television program, Nina Simone, in 1965 and the British television program, Sound of soul in 1968.
Publisher
RCA Victor
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Music spanning over four hundred years, three languages and seven different musical styles including: opera, broadway, jazz, soul, spiritual and gospel. Includes 4 bonus tracks not part of the PBS broadcast, exclusive interview footage, and photos.
Author
Series
Jazz icons volume series 2
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (65 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents three concerts featuring Sarah Vaughan, the "Divine One", in her prime, wrapping her voice around jazz standards such as Lover man, Misty, and I got rhythm, and showtunes such as Over the rainbow and Maria, among others.
Author
Series
Jazz icons volume ser. 4
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
"O'Day's horn-based approach to singing is in full effect throughout both [concerts from 1963 and 1970], including stand-out renditions in each show of audience favorites 'Tea for two' and 'Sweet Georgia Brown, ' both reprised from her triumphant appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. This DVD is a fitting testimony to one of jazz music's true originals"--Container.
Publisher
EuroArts Music International GmbH
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
"'It must schwing!' was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label that was home to such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins. Blue Note, the most successful movie ever made about jazz, is a testimony to the passion and vision of these two men and certainly swings like the propulsive sounds...
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Language
English
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Formats
Description
Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and directed by photographer Bert Stern, this documentary features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition of The Lord's Prayer by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning.
Publisher
S'more Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Special centennial edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
2010 represents the centennial celebration of the birth of Louie Prima. He and his stellar supporting group appeared in film shorts, on television and was a Las Vegas headliner for many years. A retrospective of rare performances highlighting the many phases of Louis Prima's remarkable 50+ year career. Pulled from the basements and shelves of television and motion picture archives, this film presents the very best of those performances, not only the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (58 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
Performance featuring the jazz vibraphonist and his orchestra, filmed for the Belgian television program, Lionel Hampton at the opera.
Series
Publisher
Storyville Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A collection of feature film clips featuring jazz performances by Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five; from the films Beware, Reet, petite and gone, and Look out sister.
Publisher
Outsider Pictures
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1991 filmmaker Raymond De Felitta heard a singer named Jackie Paris on a Los Angeles radio station and began a search that first yielded the fact that Paris had died in 1977. In 2004 De Felitta discovered Paris was alive and making a comeback in a New York City nightclub. This film explores the life of the jazz singer along with an exploration into what it is to live the life of an artist in its least glamorous aspects. Includes interviews with...
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