Jazz, a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Episode nine
Type
Label
Jazz, a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Episode nine
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Jazz
Oclc number
45818388
Responsibility statement
a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Runtime
120
Summary
Between 1955 and 1960 rhythm and blues and rock ' roll erode jazz' audiences but the music still enjoys tremendous creativity. Saxophonist Sonny Rollins and trumpeter Clifford Brown make their marks while Duke Ellington emerges stronger than ever and Miles Davis and John Coltrane make legendary albums. Louis Armstrong jeopardizes his career when he condemns the government for its failure to act on racism in Little Rock, Ark. Drummer Art Blakely and others attempt to win back R & B audiences to jazz. As stars such as Billie Holiday fade out, others such as Sarah Vaughan burn brightly and newcomers such as Ornette Coleman begin to push the music into uncharted territories
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Adventure
Classification
Contributor
Genre
Subject
- Documentary films
- Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990
- Coleman, Ornette
- Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
- Blakey, Art, 1919-1990
- Davis, Miles
- Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
- Bop (Music) + History and criticism
- Black people -- Music
- BIPOC -- Music
- Minority groups -- Music
- African American musicians -- Biography
- Brown, Clifford
- Coltrane, John, 1926-1967
- African Americans -- Music
- DVD-Video discs -- Performance
- Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism
- DVD-Video discs
- Rollins, Sonny
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor12
- Genre1
- Subject21
- Documentary films
- Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990
- Coleman, Ornette
- Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
- Blakey, Art, 1919-1990
- Davis, Miles
- Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
- Bop (Music) + History and criticism
- Black people -- Music
- BIPOC -- Music
- Minority groups -- Music
- African American musicians -- Biography
- Brown, Clifford
- Coltrane, John, 1926-1967
- African Americans -- Music
- DVD-Video discs -- Performance
- Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism
- DVD-Video discs
- Rollins, Sonny
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Content1
- Mapped to1