Jazz : the velocity of celebration, Episode 6, Swing

Resource Information

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Label

Jazz : the velocity of celebration, Episode 6, Swing

Title remainder

the velocity of celebration

Title number

Episode 6

Title part

Swing

Statement of responsibility

a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns. --

Title variation

Swing

Title variation remainder

the velocity of celebration

Contributor

• Florentine Films
• WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
• Burns, Ken, 1953-

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Documentary television programs
• Jazz
• Jazz -- History and criticism
• Jazz musicians
• Swing (Music)

Genre

• Documentary television programs

Language

eng

Summary

In the late 1930s, swing is still the national craze that keeps on growing despite the Depression, although commerce sometimes leads to compromise and the individual expression at the heart of jazz is too often kept under wraps. But in the middle of the country-- in balck dance halls, roadhouses and juke joints-- a new kind of music has been incubating

Member of

• Jazz (Television program)

Cataloging source

DPL

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directed by Ken Burns; written by Geoffrey C. Ward; produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

Dewey number

781/.65

Language note

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

PerformerNote

Narrated by Keith David

Runtime

105

Series statement

PBS DVD gold

Technique

live action