Research Catalog

Title

Swingin' the blues [videorecording] : Count Basie / a co-production of Toby Byron/Multiprises in association with Taurus Film, Munich and VideoArts, Japan.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : BMG Video, c1993, 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Basie, Count, 1904-1984.
• Seig, Matthew.
• Browne, Roscoe Lee.
• Murray, Albert.
• Byron, Toby.
• Saylor, Richard.
• Toby Byron/Multiprises.
• BMG Video.

Description

1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., b&w and col.,; 1/2 in.

Series Statement

Masters of American music series

Uniform Title

Masters of American music series

Alternative Title

Celebration of Basie's legacy

Subject

• Basie, Count, 1904-1984
• Basie, Count, 1904-1984
• Jazz musicians > Interviews
• Big band music
• Big band music
• Jazz musicians

Genre/Form

• interviews.
• video recordings (physical artifacts)
• Interviews
• Video recordings
• Interviews.
• Video recordings.
• Vidéos.

Credits (note)

• Directed by Matthew Seig ; written by Albert Murray ; edited by Adam Zucker ; produced by Toby Byron and Richard Saylor.

System Details (note)

• VHS format.

Contents

Performance footage by Basie's band. Air mail special -- Dickie's dream -- One o'clock jump -- Shorty George -- Texas shuffle -- Topsy -- Swingin' at the Daisy Chain -- Blue and sentimental -- Every tub -- Lester's blues -- Basie jam -- Boogie woogie -- Take me back baby -- Climbin' and screamin' -- Moten swing -- Doggin' around -- Jumpin' at the Woodside -- Swingin' the blues -- Pocket full of keys -- Basie's conversation -- Five o'clock in the morning -- Every day I have the blues -- Strike up the band -- Blues in Hoss Flat -- Corner pocket -- I left my baby.

OCLC

• on1340128563
• 1340128563
• SCSB-1200364

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library