Research Catalog

Title

Trumpet kings / directed by Burrill Crohn.

Publication

New York : Video Artists International, ©1985.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
• Crohn, Burrill
• Chertok, David
• Graubart, Jeffrey L.
• Davis, Miles
• Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
• Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
• Hubbard, Freddie
• James, Harry, 1916-1983
• Willis, Larry
• Watts, Jeff, 1960-
• Moffett, Charnett
• Jazz Images, Inc., production company.
• Video Artists International, publisher.

Description

1 videocassette (72 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

Wynton Marsalis presents an overview of twentieth century jazz trumpeters as filmed and videotaped between 1933 and 1984.

Series Statement

• VAI jazz video collection
• History of jazz series

Uniform Title

• VAI jazz video collection.
• History of jazz series.

Subject

• Davis, Miles
• Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
• Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
• Hubbard, Freddie
• James, Harry, 1916-1983
• Trumpet players > Biography
• Jazz musicians > Biography
• Trumpet music (Jazz)
• Jazz > History and criticism

Genre/Form

• Biographical films.
• Musical films.
• Documentary films.

Credits (note)

• Producers, Burrill Crohn, David Chertok, Jeffrey L. Graubart ; screenwriter, Burrill Crohn ; cinematographer, Tony Forester, Joel Shapiro, Larry Bullard ; editor, Daniel Jatovsky ; a production of Jazz Images, Inc.

System Details (note)

• VHS; hi-fi stereo.

Contents

Louis Armstrong (1933) -- Henry "Red" Allen (1964) -- Bunny Berigan (1937) -- Red Nichols (1934) -- Freddie Jenkins (1930) -- Cootie Williams (1964) -- Muggsy Spanier (1963) -- Harry James (1942) -- Rex Stewart (1957) -- Charlie Shavers and Buck Clayton (1958) -- Roy Eldridge (1961) -- Dizzy Gillespie (1947, 1959) -- Lee Morgan (1959) -- Miles Davis (1959) -- Art Farmer (1959) -- Shorty Rogers (1962) -- Clark Terry (1967) -- Nat Adderley (1968) -- Freddie Hubbard (1982) -- Lester Bowie (1981) -- Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie (1959) -- Wynton Marsalls (1984).

Call Number

Sc Visual VRA-565

OCLC

• 17499792
• 22728195

Title

Trumpet kings / directed by Burrill Crohn.

Imprint

New York : Video Artists International, ©1985.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videocassette

Series

VAI jazz video collection

History of jazz series

VAI jazz video collection.

History of jazz series.

Performer

Wynton Marsalis, host ; Louis Armstrong, Henry "Red" Allen, Bunny Berigan, Red Nichols, Freddie Jenkins, Cootie Williams, Muggsy Spanier, Harry James, Rex Stewart, Charlie Shavers, Buck Clayton, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Miles Davis, Art Farmer, Shorty Rogers, Clark Terry, Nat Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, Lester Bowie, trumpet.

Personell in Cafe Versailles segments: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet ; Larry Willis, piano ; Jeff Watts, drums ; Charnett Moffett, double-bass.

Credits

Producers, Burrill Crohn, David Chertok, Jeffrey L. Graubart ; screenwriter, Burrill Crohn ; cinematographer, Tony Forester, Joel Shapiro, Larry Bullard ; editor, Daniel Jatovsky ; a production of Jazz Images, Inc.

System Details

VHS; hi-fi stereo.

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Added Author

Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- narrator.

Crohn, Burrill, film director.

Chertok, David, film producer.

Graubart, Jeffrey L., film producer.

Davis, Miles, performer.

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, performer.

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993, performer.

Hubbard, Freddie, performer.

James, Harry, 1916-1983, performer.

Willis, Larry, performer.

Watts, Jeff, 1960- performer.

Moffett, Charnett, performer.

Jazz Images, Inc., production company.

Video Artists International, publisher.

Publisher No.

69036 Video Artists International

Research Call Number

Sc Visual VRA-565