Jazz
Episode five : Swing, pure pleasure
by Ken Burns
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In the mid 1930s, as the Great Depression refuses to lift, Benny Goodman finds himself hailed as the "King of Swing" and becomes the first white bandleader to hire black musicians. He has a host or rivals among them, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmie Lunceford, Glen Miller and Artie Shaw. Louis Armstrong heads a big band of his own, while Duke Ellington continues his independent course, but great black artists still can't eat or sleep in many of the hotels where they perform. Billie Holiday emerges from a childhood of tragedy to begin her career as the greatest of all female jazz singers.
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Edition Notes
"PBS DVD Gold."
Bonus DVD features: Spectacular motion menus; 52 special music information cards; link to JAZZ website.
Standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition.
Dual layer format.
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Sarah E. Hill, and Shannon Robards.
Commentary, Wynton Marsalis, Artie Shaw, Joya Sherrill, Albert Murray, Margo Jefferson, James Maher, Gary Giddins, James Lincoln Collier, Milt Hinton, John Sanders, Dave Brubeck, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles, Lionel Hampton, Helen Oakley Dance, Stan Levy ; narrator, Keith David.
DVD, stereo.
NTSC.
System requirements: DVD ROM features require a DVD-ROM drive on your computer, with Windows 95 or higher, or MacOS90.4 or higher to access the Web link.
Closed-captioned.
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Companion Web site to a PBS documentary produced by Ken Burns. Enhances and expands on the film by providing episode descriptions, film clips, program airdates and times, and related links. Introduces the ensemble who produced the series and makes available transcripts of background interviews with jazz experts. Includes classroom activities for kids K-12.
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