Jazz, Swing, and the Blues

• George Shearing.
  Call Number: M237 .G46 2004
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, NY : View Video, [2004], c1991
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Filmed in 1991 at the Paul Masson Winery in a state of the art digital and audio production
  Contents: Freedom jazz dance -- Why did I choose you? -- Isn't is romantic? -- Estate -- Donna Lee -- Memphis in June -- Lullaby of birdland -- Moose to mooch
  

• Swing, the best of the big bands
  Call Number: M1356 .S9 1987
  Location: General
  Publication information: Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, 1987
  Physical description: 4 videocassettes (200 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: For nearly two decades the sound of the big bands dominated American music. Those days are captured here through rare film performances by the Swing Era's greatest musicians, bandleaders and singers
  

• The swingin' singin years'
  Call Number: M1356 .S92 1987
  Location: General
  Publication information: Minneapolis, MN : K-TWIN Communications, c1987
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: Features bands and singers from the Big Band years. Includes Woody Herman, Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, Freddie Martin with Jack Fina, Jo Stafford, Eddie Howard, Dinah Washington, Louis Jordan, Charlie Barnet, Vaughn Monroe and Stan Kenton
  

• Jazz Masters
  Call Number: M1366.A1 J3 1990
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : A*Vision Entertainment, 1990
  Physical description: 2 videocassettes (95 mins.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: Drawn from vintage American television, this collection brings together some of the greatest jazz artists of the 1950's and 1960's;Drawn from vintage American television, this collection brings together some of the greatest jazz artists of the 1950's and 1960's
  Contents: v. 1. The Count's Blues (5:30) / Count Basie Orchestra -- Wild Man Blues (5:48) ; Rosetta (6:30) / Red Allen Octet -- Blue Mont (4:24) / Thelonious Monk Trio -- I left my Baby (5:30) / Jimmy Rushing sings the Blues -- Dickie's Dream (7:36) / The Count Basie Orchestra -- Fine and Mellow (6:30) / Billie Holiday with Nine -- The Train & the River (6:00) / Jimmy Giuffre Trio. v. 2. Darn that dream (7:12) ; Ahmad's Blues (6:36) / Ahamad Jamal Trio --Chelsea Bridge (7:12) ; Duke's place (7:42) / Ben Webster Sextet -- So what (8:18) / Miles Davis Quintet -- The Duke and Orchestral Sketches. No.1 & No.2 (8:54) / Gil Evans Big Band
  

• Paris Reunion Band
  Call Number: M1366.A1 P3 1988
  Location: General
  Publication information: Hightstown, N.J. : Proscenium Entertainment, 1988
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Jazz greats reunite for a performance in Stuttgart during the summer of 1988
  

• The Buddy Rich memorial scholarship concert.
  Call Number: M1366.B78 B831 1989
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, NY : DCI Music Video, c1989
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (64 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: A concert featuring some of the world's greatest drummers and the Buddy Rich Band, performing to provide scholarship money to gifted young drummers
  

• Gil Evans and his orchestra
  Call Number: M1366.E9 5 1987
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, N.Y. : View Video, 1987
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  

• Jazz in America
  Call Number: M 1366 .G55 J33 1983
  Location: General
  Publication information: Los Angeles, Ca. : Embassy Home Entertainment, 1983
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: A sensational historical tribute to Bebop offered in this presentation featuring trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in two concerts at Lincoln Center in 1981. Dizzy is joined by over 20 noted jazz performers. Recaptures some of the early experiments in Bebop and introduces some new ones
  

• Alberta Hunter;jazz at the Smithsonian
  Call Number: M1366.H8 A5 1982
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Released by Adler Video Marketing : Sony Corporation of America, c1982
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Jazz vocalist Alberta Hunter performs popular songs and blues in a concert at the Smithsonian Institution, accompanied by Gerald Cook, piano, and Jimmy Lewis, bass
  

• Count Basie live at the Hollywood Palladium
  Call Number: M1630.18 .C68 1984
  Location: General
  Publication information: Los Angeles, Calif. : VCL Communications ; distributed by Media Home Entertainment, c1984
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (42 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: The legendary Count Basie and his 17-piece big band light up Hollywood with his own unforgettable brand of swing
  Contents: Get it -- Still swinging -- The Spirit is willing -- Splanky -- Leroy Brown -- Shiny stockings -- Big stuff
  

• The Ladies sing the blues
  Call Number: M1630.18 .L3 1988
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, N.Y. : View Video, 1988, c1986
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: A breathtaking array of the greatest blues and jazz singers
  

• Tenor titans
  Call Number: ML 399 .T46 1992
  Location: General
  Publication information: Fort Lee, NJ : Video Artists International, 1992
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: Traces the development of the tenor saxophone in all eras of jazz history, using archival film footage of legendary tenor players
  

• Mingus
  Call Number: ML418.M56 M5 1980
  Location: Circulation Desk
  Publication information: New York, NY : Rhapsody Films, c1990
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: Charlie Mingus, jazz bassist and composer, performs and talks about his life, work, and politics
  

• Miles electric; a different kind of blue
  Call Number: ML419.D39 M554 2004
  Location: General
  Publication information: [United States] : Eagle Eye Media, [2004]
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: This documentary dramatizes the difficult transition Miles went through during his change to an electric period in the face of extremely negative reactions from the jazz establishment. Also includes, Miles Davis's 1970 performance at the Isle of Wight. Also, artists such as Chick Corea, Carlos Santana and Joni Mitchell describe the impact Miles had on music
  

• The Fabulous Dorseys
  Call Number: ML419.D67 F3 1984
  Location: General
  Publication information: [S.l.] : Memory Lane Video, c1984
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: The musical lives of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey are portrayed in this biographical film
  

• A night in Tunisia; a musical portrait of Dizzy Gillespie
  Call Number: ML 419 .G54 N53 1990
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, NY : View Video ; Huntsville, Tex. : Educational Video Network [distributor], c1990
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Presents rehearsal scenes, interviews, commentary by Leonard Feather and a live concert performance
  

• Gene Krupa; jazz legend
  Call Number: ML419.K78 G45 1993
  Location: General
  Publication information: Miami, FL : DCI Music Video Production, c1993
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (61 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: This overview of Krupa's contributions to jazz drumming includes historic footage of performances from 1937 to 1972, an interview with Krupa and commentary from Louie Bellson
  Contents: Big noise from Winnetka -- Sing, sing, sing (1937) -- Avalon -- Let me off uptown -- Leave us leap -- Just a riff -- Opus #145 -- Up an atom -- Caravan -- I'm a ding dong daddy from Dumas -- Sing, sing, sing, (1971)
  

• Steve Lacy; lift the bandstand
  Call Number: ML419 .L3 1986
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Rhapsody Films, c1986
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Portrays Steve Lacy as a musician who has held a pivotal position in modern jazz history
  

• Celebrating Bird; the triumph of Charlie Parker
  Call Number: ML 419 .P4 C4 1987
  Location: General
  Publication information: W. Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c1987
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (58 min., 30 sec.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: In film clips, photos, and interviews, Parker's life is traced from Kansas City to the New York jazz scene of the 1950s
  

• Buddy Rich; jazz legend
  Call Number: ML419.R53 B83 1994
  Location: General
  Publication information: Miami, FL : Warner Music Group, 2002
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (147 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Presents the life, music, and astounding percussion virtuosity of the man who will be forever known as the world's greatest drummer.
  Contents: Part 1, 1917-1970 (67 min.). -- Part 2, 1970-1987 (80 min.)
  

• Marian Anderson
  Call Number: ML420.A6 M3 1998
  Location: General
  Publication information: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [1998], c1991
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: A biography of virtuosa Marian Anderson from the time she sang spirituals as a child at the Union Baptist Church in Philadelphia to the beginning of her classical career in Europe in the 1930's, her return to the United States, her eventual appearance at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955 (the first black person to perform there), to her retirement in 1965, a national treasure
  

• Lady day; the many faces of Billie Holiday
  Call Number: ML 420 .H58 L3 1991
  Location: General
  Publication information: Long Beach, N.J. : Kultur, 1991
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences, stereo. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Features rare TV and movie clips, along with commentary by a stellar group of jazz instrumentalists and singers who knew her well
  

• The Temptations
  Call Number: ML421.T4 T4 1999
  Location: General
  Publication information: [Santa Monica, CA] : Distributed by Artisan Entertainment, [1999], c1998
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: Presents a history of the rhythm and blues group The Temptations, including their meteoric rise to fame and the rivalries that threatened to tear them apart. Features eight classic Motown songs
  

• The Temptations
  Call Number: ML421.T4 T4 1999a
  Location: General
  Publication information: [Santa Monica, CA] : Artisan Entertainment [distibutor], [1999], c1998
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Presents a history of the rhythm and blues group, the Temptations, including their meteoric rise to fame and the rivalries that threatened to tear them apart
  

• Benny Goodman; adventures in the kingdom of Swing
  Call Number: ML 422 .G65 B4 1993
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, NY : Columbia Music Video, c1993
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: A comprehensive documentary covering Goodman's career, this biography includes rare performance footage from the '20s and '30s, studio rehearsal footage from the '50s, home movies, rare audio tracks, and video footage of Goodman recounting his own life. Includes interviews with family, friends, and jazz contemporaries
  

• Playing for time
  Call Number: ML429.F436 A332 1984
  Location: General
  Publication information: Los Angeles, CA : Media Home Entertainment, 1984
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Inside the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War Two, members of a bizarre prison orchestra struggle against all odds to spare themselves from death. In the process of performing music for their Nazi captors, they reaffirm the indomitable human spirit and the willingness to survive
  

• Art Blakey, the jazz messenger
  Call Number: ML 3506 .A7 1988
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Rhapsody Films, 1988
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: A celebration of Art Blakey's past and present commitment to the future of jazz music
  

• Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
  Call Number: ML3506 .A78 2005
  Location: General
  Publication information: [United States] : Shanachie, [2005], c1982
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: In this 1982 concert Art Blakey introduces trumpet prodigy Wynton Marsalis to the jazz world, who is featured along with brother Branford in this sizzling hard bop concert
  

• Benny Carter
  Call Number: ML3506 .B46 2005
  Location: General
  Publication information: [S.l.] : Shanachie, [2005]
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Contents: Honeysuckle rose -- Misty -- Take the A train -- Benny Carter interview -- Cottontail -- Autumn leaves
  

• The EAV history of jazz; with Billy Taylor
  Call Number: ML3506 .E3 1986
  Location: Circulation Desk
  Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : CLEARVUE/eav, c1986
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (49 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide
  Description: Billy Taylor traces jazz music from its beginning through the mid-1980's. Live performances by the Billy Taylor Trio introduce various styles, along with old film footage of great performers
  

• A great day in Harlem
  Call Number: ML3506 .G7 1998
  Location: General
  Publication information: Salt Lake City, Utah : BWE Video, c1998
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: (A great day in Harlem) A documentary about a photograph taken in 1958 by Art Kane of the jazz greats of the period. Includes home movie footage of that day of the musicians arriving and greeting each other the morning of the shoot. Also includes conversations with musicians and archival performance footage (62 min.). (The spitball story) A short film about Dizzy Gillespie's antics as a performer in Cab Calloway's band. Includes interviews with Milt Hinton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Jonah Jones, as well as archival performance footage (21 min.)
  

• Jazz
  Call Number: ML3506 .J3 2000
  Location: General
  Publication information: [Washington, D.C.?] : PBS DVD ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2000
  Physical description: 10 videodiscs (ca. 19 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990's, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances
  Contents: episode 1. Gumbo (ca. 90 min.) -- episode 2. The gift (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 3. Our language (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 4. The true welcome (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 5. Swing : pure pleasure (ca. 90 min.) -- episode 6. Swing : the velocity of celebration (ca. 105 min.) -- episode 7. Dedicated to chaos (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 8. Risk (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 9. The adventure (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 10. A masterpiece by midnight (ca. 120 min.)
  

• Reed royalty
  Call Number: ML3506 .R44 1992
  Location: General
  Publication information: Fort Lee, NJ : Video Artists International, c1992
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: Traces one hundred years of jazz reed playing beginning in 19th century New Orleans
  

• The story of jazz
  Call Number: ML3506 .S76 1993
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Distributed by BMG Video, c1993
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (97 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in
  Description: Profiles the pivotal figures in American jazz with authoritative commentary and first-hand observations. Includes archive footage of performances by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and many other important artists
  

• Born to swing
  Call Number: ML3508 .B67 1992
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Rhapsody Films, c1992
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: The swing music era is recaptured through this portrait of the Count Basie Band and its great soloists
  

• Classic jazz drummers; swing era & beyond
  Call Number: ML3508 .C53 2002
  Location: General
  Publication information: [Briarcliff, N.Y.] Hudson Music, c2002
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (70 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Clips of performances by various drummers, considered legendary giants and unsung greats of jazz percussion. Solos, drum battles, and the jazz groups that these drummers made famous
  Contents: Jungle madness -- I'll be glad when you're dead you rascal you -- Salt peanuts -- Not so quiet please -- One o'clock jump -- That's a plenty -- All the things you are -- Ba-lue bolivar ba-lues are -- This could be the start of Something Big
  

• Classic drum solos and drum battles.
  Call Number: ML3508 .C53 v.1 2001
  Location: General
  Publication information: Briarcliff, N.Y. Hudson Music, LLC, c2001
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Clips of drum battles between and extended solos by 15 drummers considered the greats of jazz percussion, that have been filmed over the past 50 years. Includes solos by Sonny Payne, Rufus Jones, Buddy Rich, Sam Woodyard, Louie Bellson, Art Blakey and Joe Morello. Drum duels are between Gene Krupa and Cozy Cole, Buddy Rich and Ed Shaughnessy, Chico Hamilton, Gene Krupa and Lionel Hampton, Elvin Jones, Sunny Murray and Art Blakey, and Buddy Rich and Jerry Lewis
  

• Classic drum solos and drum battles.
  Call Number: ML3508 .C53 v.2 2002
  Location: General
  Publication information: Briarcliff, N.Y. Hudson Music, LLC, c2002
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (73 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Clips of fifteen drum solos by various drummers spanning the years 1947 to 1989
  

• The Devil's music; 1920s jazz
  Call Number: ML3508 .D45 2000
  Location: General
  Publication information: [Boston, Mass.] : produced by WGBH Educational Foundation ; [Alexandria, Va.] : distributed by PBS Video, c2000
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. + 1 teaching guide (40 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.)
  Description: In its early years
  Contents: jazz faced resistance across America. Like rap today
  

• Jazz;what it is a primer with Randy Sabien
  Call Number: ML3508 .J3 1990
  Location: Circulation Desk
  Publication information: Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 1990
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: A great jazz clinic by one of America's finest musicians, Randy Sabien, who introduces viewers to all the special elements about jazz that sets it apart from other kinds of music. Randy's uncomplicated, down-to-earth style is so engaging that beginning musicians will be improvising rhythms and swing with the blues in minutes
  

• Legends of jazz drumming
  Call Number: ML3508 .L43 1996
  Location: General
  Publication information: Miami, FL : DCI Music Video, c1996
  Physical description: 2 videocassettes (136 min.) : sd., b&w with color sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: Traces the history of jazz drumming in America. Included are rare film clips and still photographs of Baby Dobbs, Paul Barbarin, Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Dave Tough, Sid Catlett, Jo Jones, and Kenny Clarke (pt. 1), and Shelly Manne, Joe Morello, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones and Tony Williams (pt. 2)
  Contents: Pt. 1. 1920-1950 (63 min.) -- pt. 2. 1950-1970 (73 min.)
  

• Piano legends
  Call Number: ML3508 .P5 1986
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Video Artists International, 1986
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (63 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: A virtual who's who of immortal keyboard players, this program explores the work of twenty-three renowned jazz pianists covering every major period in the progressive development of jazz pianism
  

• Trumpet kings; with Wynton Marsalis
  Call Number: ML3508 .T78 1985
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Video Artists International : RCA/Ariola International [distributor], 1985
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (72 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: Wynton Marsalis presents an overview of twentieth century jazz trumpeters. He shows stages in the development of the trumpet through the use of clips of some of the great performers of this century
  

• Jazz parades; feet don't fail me now
  Call Number: ML3508.8.N48 J39 1998
  Location: General
  Publication information: [Sparta, N.J.] : Vestapol ; Cambridge, MA : Distributed by Rounder Records, c1998
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
  Description: Alan Lomax examines the music of New Orleans, La., including street ballets, concerts at Preservation Hall and the Glass House, street funerals and Black Indians at Mardi Gras
  

• Preservation Hall Jazz Band; a night in New Orleans
  Call Number: ML3508.8.N48 P737 2001
  Location: General
  Publication information: [New Orleans?] : Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation : distribued by PBS Home Video, 2001
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: A rare performance of New Orleans jazz and musicians who strive to preseve it
  Contents: Panama rag -- Mama don't low -- Basin Street blues -- Tiger rag -- St. Louis blues -- There's an old spinning wheel in the parlor -- Little Liza Jane -- Just a closer walk with thee -- When the Saints go marchin' in
  

• Grover Washington, Jr., in concert
  Call Number: ML3518 .G7 1984
  Location: General
  Publication information: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 1984, c1981
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Contents: Winelight / William Eaton -- Let it flow (for Dr. J) ; Come morning (No. 5) ; Make me a memory (Sad samba) / Grover Washington, Jr. -- Just the two of us / Bill Withers, William Salter, Ralph MacDonald -- Mr. Magic / William Salter, Ralph MacDonald
  

• Louie Bellson live; world of rhythm
  Call Number: ML3518 .L68 2003
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, N.Y. : View Video, [2003]
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Concert footage of Louis Bellson and his band
  Contents: The drum squad -- Samantha -- Blues for Freddy -- Nile ahead -- We've come a long way together -- Explosion
  

• Mel Lewis in Jerusalem
  Call Number: ML 3518 .M4 1986
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : V.I.E.W., Inc. [distributor], c1986
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (38 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: This concert recorded, in Jerusalem during a world tour, exemplifies the Mel Lewis Band style
  Contents: I'm getting sentimental over you -- Ding dong ding -- I get a kick over you -- I wanna be happy -- Little Pixie
  

• Music of the 60's
  Call Number: ML 3518 .M8 1993
  Location: General
  Publication information: Margaretville, NY : Vintage Jazz Classics, p1993
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 52 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Contents: Theme: Artistry in rhythm -- Tico-tico -- All the things you are -- The blues story -- Let there by love -- Maria -- The peanut vendor -- The green leaves of summer -- Intermission riff -- My old flame -- Limehouse blues -- I got it bad and that ain't good -- Malaguena -- Closing theme & announcements: Artistry in rhythm
  

• Sousa to Satchmo; Marsalis on the jazz band
  Call Number: ML3518 .S6 1995
  Location: genrl,gnrve,lom,nap,bdale,wsmt
  Publication information: New York : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (54 min., 46 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Uses music by Sousa, Joplin, and Armstrong to explain the development of Sousa's European-style orchestra into the American jazz band
  

• Swing, swing, swing!
  Call Number: ML3518 .S9 1993
  Location: General
  Publication information: Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video [distributor] , c1993-
  Physical description: videocassettes : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: Classic big band and jazz shorts from the 30's and 40's
  Contents: v. 1. Jammin' the Blues. Artie Shaw & his orchestra in Symphony of Swing with Helen Forrest & Tony Pastor. Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra with Bob Eberly & Evelyn Oak. Red Nichols and his world famous Pennies. Larry Clinton and his orchestra with Bea Wain. Johnny Green & his orchestra. Freddie Rich and his orchestra with Nan Wynn, Joe Sodja & the Three Symphonettes. Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra -- v. 2. Desi Arnaz & his orchestra. Larry Clinton & his orchestra in The dipsy doodler. Vincent Lopez & his orchestra with Betty Hutton. Woody Herman & his orchestra. Jimmie Lunceford & his dance orchestra with The Three Brown Jacks & Myra Johnson. Cliff Edwards & his Buckaroos. Don Redman & his orchestra with Red & Struggle. Stan Kenton & his orchestra. Cab Calloway & his orchestra in Hi de ho
  

• Chicago blues
  Call Number: ML3521 .C4 1991
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, NY : Rhapsody Films, c1991
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Traces the evolution of blues music from its origins in the rural south and focuses on its development in the urban environment of Chicago. Interwoven with performances by Muddy Waters and others. Includes interviews with Dick Gregory and others
  

• Feel like going home
  Call Number: ML3521 .F44 2003
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Martin Scorsese traces the roots of the blues from the banks of the Niger River to the cotton fields and juke joints of Mississippi
  

• Godfathers and sons
  Call Number: ML3521 .G64 2003
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003
  Physical description: 1 videodiscs (133 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Call them the Blues Brothers 2003--in Marc Levin's film, hip-hop legend Chuck D and Marshall Chess return to Chicago to explore the heyday of Chicago blues as they unite to produce music that seeks to bring veteran blues players together with contemporary hip-hop musicians such as Common and members of the Roots. Along with archival footage of Howlin' Wolf are original performances by Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Ike Turner and Sam Lay
  

• B.B. King blues master.
  Call Number: ML3521 .K56 2002
  Location: General
  Publication information: Miami, FL : Warner Bros. Publications, c2002
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (215 mins.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: A video documentation of B.B. King's style and technique. King discusses the elements of his style
  

• The Land where the blues began
  Call Number: ML3521 .L3 1990
  Location: General
  Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : Pacific Arts Video : PBS Home Video, c1990
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: A documentary about the music of the Mississippi Delta, considered to be the land where the blues began
  

• Piano blues
  Call Number: ML3521 .P53 2003
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Director and piano player Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances
  

• Red, white & blues
  Call Number: ML3521 .R44 2003
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Mike Figgis' film mixes interviews with dozens of the key players of the British blues movement with new music from an all-star jam session at the Abbey Road studios
  

• The road to Memphis
  Call Number: ML3521 .R63 2003
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Sony Music Entertainment : manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Traces the musical odyssey of B.B. King to Memphis and pays homage to the great blues musicians of the Memphis tradition. Filmed on the occasion of the great reunion in which Memphis musicians returned to honor their roots
  

• The soul of a man; a film
  Call Number: ML3521 .S68 2003
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Using dramatization and live performances looks at the lives and works of Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J.B. Lenoir. Shows contemporary musicians playing their works
  

• That rhythm, those blues
  Call Number: ML 3521 .T4 1988
  Location: General
  Publication information: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, c1988
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide sheet
  Description: Focuses on the rhythm and blues music performed by black musicians during the 1940s and 1950s through the small towns and cities of the South
  

• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble live at the El Mocambo
  Call Number: ML 3521 .V3 1991
  Location: General
  Author: Vaughan, Stevie Ray
  Publication information: New York : SMV Enterprises, c1991
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (65 min.) : sd., col., stereo. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of the very few guitarists of the 1980s to join the ranks of the immortals. Stevie's incredible technique enabled him to assimilate the spirit of classic blues and rock, while his fertile imagination allowed him to leave an indelible stamp on that music's history
  Contents: Testify -- So excited -- Voodoo chile -- Pride and joy -- Tell me -- Mary had a little lamb -- Texas flood -- Love struck baby -- Hug you squeeze you -- Third stone from the sun -- Lenny -- Wham
  

• Warming by the devil's fire
  Call Number: ML3521 .W37 2003
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: Charles Burnett explores his own childhood being shuttled between a religious mother and a blues-loving uncle. His film combines fiction with documentary footage in the story of a young boy kidnapped to prevent his being saved by a church that viewed blues as the devil's music
  

• Good mornin' blues
  Call Number: ML 3561 .B63 G6 1978x
  Location: Circulation Desk
  Publication information: Washington, D.C. : PBS Video [distributor], c1978
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Follows the growth of the Mississippi Delta blues from agrarian roots through its trip northward to Memphis and Chicago. Features many performers in intimate surroundings
  

• Why toes tap; Marsalis on rhythm
  Call Number: MT42 .W4 1995
  Location: genrl,circd,gnrve,lom,gdhts,wsmt,nap
  Publication information: [S.l.] : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (52 min., 52 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Uses music from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite to explain rhythm and time in music
  

• Listening for clues; Marsalis on form
  Call Number: MT58 .L5 1995
  Location: genrl,circd,gnrve,lom,gdhts,wsmt,nap
  Publication information: [S.l.] : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (53 min., 58 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: Demonstrates structure and form in music and uses examples from Prokofiev to Gershwin, Ellington and Ives to identify different forms
  

• The universal mind of Bill Evans; the creaative process and self-teaching
  Call Number: MT235 .U6 1991
  Location: General
  Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Rhapsody Films, c1991
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (45 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
  Description: Features Bill Evans in performance, plus an explanation by the Evans brothers and Allen of how a jazz artist creates his art
  Contents: Spartacus love theme -- How about you -- Star eyes -- Very early time remembered -- My bells
  

• Buena Vista Social Club
  Call Number: ZD 0455;ML 207 .C85 B8 1999a
  Location: dvdrn
  Publication information: Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Entertainment, c1999
  Physical description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  Description: In 1996, music legend Ry Cooder went to Cuba to search for buried treasure. He found gold. Looking for lost songs and forgotten singers, Cooder discovered an exotic land of passion, sensuality and music
  

• Ray
  Call Number: ZD 1535;ML420.C46 R29 2005
  Location: dvdrn
  Publication information: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2005]
  Physical description: 2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet ([26] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
  Description: The life story of legendary blues singer Ray Charles from loosing his eyesight in early childhood, to his rising career during the 1950s and 1960s, and his problems with racism, drug abuse, failed relationships and his ideas to change the pace music by combining soul and gospel music.
  

• Bix; an interpretation of a legend
  Call Number: ZZT 1788;ML 419 .B45 B5 1991
  Location: vbren
  Publication information: [New York] : Rhapsody Films, 1991
  Physical description: 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
  Description: A film based on the life of jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke
  

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