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The greatest jazz films ever.

Title
The greatest jazz films ever.
Publication
Andorra : EforFilms, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Faura, Pep.
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984
  • Callender, Red
  • Coltrane, John, 1926-1967
  • Davis, Miles
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
  • Evans, Gil, 1912-1988
  • Fitzgerald, Ella
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
  • Giuffre, Jimmy
  • Hawkins, Coleman
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
  • Jamal, Ahmad, 1930-
  • Mili, Gjon, 1904-1984
  • Monk, Thelonious
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955
  • Smight, Jack
  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959
  • EFOR Films.
Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 130 min.) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Six films on two DVDs, showcasing the giants of jazz.
Subjects
Note
  • Title from container.
  • Side 1: PAL. Side 2: NTSC.
Credits (note)
  • Concept and design, Pep Faura.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Contents
  • DVD 1. Jammin' the Blues, featuring Lester Young, Red Callender, and others, directed by Gjon Mili (1944) -- Be Bop's Nest, featuring Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie ("Stage Entrance" TV show, 1951 or 1952) -- Jazz at the Philharmonic, featuring Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, directed by Gjon Mili -- The Sound of Miles Davis (complete edition) featuring Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Gil Evans, directed by Jack Smight.
  • DVD 2. The Sound of Jazz (complete edition) featuring Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Giuffre and many others; directed by Jack Smight -- Jazz from Studio 61, featuring Ahmad Jamal, Ben Webster.
LCCN
8436028690589
OCLC
  • ocm81144440
  • 81144440
  • SCSB-9053816
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries