| Description |
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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video file |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Mead Hunt; editors, Victor Kanefsky, Mary Costanza; narrator, David Strathairn; consultants, Russ Connor ... [et al.]. |
| Note |
"Narration based in part on 'Adventures in the kingdom of Swing, ' The Otis Ferguson reader." |
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Originally produced in 1993 as a segment of: American masters. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Sing, sing, sing -- A fine romance -- Don't be that way -- Bugle call rag -- Avalon -- What a little moonlight can do -- Let's dance -- California, here I come -- You turned the tables on me -- The world is waiting for a [i.e. the] sunrise -- I've got a heart full of music -- Where or when -- Clarinetitis -- Tiger rag -- Vibraphone blues -- Roll 'em -- Why don't you do right -- Hot house -- Gotta be this or that. |
| Performer |
Jazz ensembles: Benny Goodman, clarinet ; with his orchestra. |
| Subject |
Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986.
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Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986. |
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Jazz musicians. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Benny Goodman Band.
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Benny Goodman Band. |
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Documentary television programs. |
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Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986. |
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Documentaires. |
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Swing (Musique) |
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986.
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Jacoby, Oren.
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Strathairn, David.
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Ferguson, Otis, 1907-1943.
Works. Selections. 1982.
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Benny Goodman Band.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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Antelope Films, Ltd.
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Meridian Productions, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Adventures in the kingdom of swing |
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American masters (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0738901105 |
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9780738901107 |
| Standard No. |
074644918694 |
| Music No. |
CVD 49186 Columbia Music Video |
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