The Story of Jazz

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The Story of Jazz

[ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 26 May 2004

This item is only available to us via Special Order. We should be able to get it to you in 3 - 6 weeks from when you order it.

Rated: G - Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993Suitable for General Audiences

G :-

All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Black & White - 85 Minutes - PAL

Includes :-
-Umbrella Propaganda

Never before have the filmed comments of so many important artists been assembled for one project featuring first-hand observations of dozens of great jazz artists - Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Buck Clayton, Illinois Jacquet, Tony Bennett, Lester Bowie, Zilner Randolph, Bud Freeman, Randy Weston, Carmen McRae, Billy Taylor, Jay McShann, Roy Haynes and Wynton Marsalis and including newly discovered early footage of historical performances.

The Story Of Jazz is as entertaining as it is informative, a seamless array of performances, comments, and compelling historic insights.

Performers include Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Lunceford, Charles Mingus, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis with John Coltrane, The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (never before seen), Sarah Vaughan and many others.