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Count Basie : then as now, Count's the king

Title: Count Basie : then as now, Count's the king / a film by Gary Keys ; exectuive producer, Douglas Durst ; in conjunction with Columbia University School of Arts.
Publication: New York, NY : Gary Keys Productions, [2005], ©2005.

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Description

1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Roundtable discussion with Count Basie Orchestra members, Benny Powell, Frank Foster, George Lewis, Frank West, Joe Wilder and jazz historian, Ira Gitler. The musicians reminiscences are interspersed with recorded music, still photographs, and archival clips of the bands performances over a 30 year span.

Alternative Title

Then as now, Count's the king

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Genre/Form

Documentary films.

Note

Title from DVD title screen.

Credits (note)

Assistant director, David Himmelstein ; editor, Julie Grant.

Event (note)

Video shot at Elaine's in New York City.

System Details (note)

DVD.

Contents

One o'clock jump -- Jumpin' at the Woodside -- Midgets -- Cute -- God bless the child -- Now baby or never -- Fine and mellow -- Corner pocket -- Night in Tunisia -- Lonesome lover blues -- Stormy Monday -- Alright, okay, you win -- Everyday I have the blues -- Blues in hoss flat -- April in Paris -- Lil' darling -- Who me? -- Shiny stockings.

OCLC

ocn463626620
463626620
SCSB-9437736

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Columbia University Libraries