| Description |
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, black & white, with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Biographical documentary with performances by Mary Lou Williams and others. |
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Title from opening frames and end credits. |
| Performer |
Alfre Woodard (as the voice of Mary Lou Williams), Wendell Pierce, and Delroy Lindo. |
| Credits |
Stacey Holman, co-producer ; Stanley Nelson, executive producer ; original music by Sumi Tonooka ; Wycliffe Gordon, musical director. |
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Commentary by Tammy Kernodle, Farah Griffen, Stanley Crouch, Gary Giddens, Robert O'Meally, and others. |
| Contents |
Excerpts performed by Mary Lou Williams: Night life ; Clean pickin' ; Now cut loose ; Mary's idea ; Gjon mili jam session ; Nancy is in love with the colonel ; Scorpio (Zodiac suite) ; Credo (Mass) -- Lonely moments / performed by Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Esperanza Spalding. |
| Summary |
Documentary of Pittsburgh-born jazz pianist/composer/arranger, Mary Lou Williams. As a pianist, arranger, and composer, she helped to shape the sound of 20th-century America, and managed to re-define herself with every passing decade. |
| Subject |
Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981.
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Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981. |
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Women composers -- United States -- Biography.
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Women composers. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
African American composers -- United States -- Biography.
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African American composers. |
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Arrangers (Musicians) -- United States -- Biography.
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Arrangers (Musicians) |
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Pianists -- United States -- Biography.
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Pianists. |
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Women jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Women jazz musicians. |
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African American jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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African American jazz musicians. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographical films.
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Documentary films.
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Filmed performances.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Filmed performances.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Bash, Carol, film producer, film director.
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Christie, Sandra (Sandra Marie), editor of moving image work.
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Woodard, Alfre, 1953- narrator.
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Pierce, Wendell, narrator.
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Lindo, Delroy, 1952- narrator.
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Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981.
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Gordon, Wycliffe, musical director.
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Tonooka, Sumi, composer (expression)
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Allen, Geri, instrumentalist.
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Carrington, Terri Lyne, instrumentalist.
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Spalding, Esperanza, 1984- instrumentalist.
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Paradox Films (Larchmont, N.Y.), production company.
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Independent Television Service, production company.
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National Black Programming Consortium, production company.
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