Jazz Part 7. Dedicated to Chaos
When America entered World War II, jazz became part of the arsenal, with bandleaders like Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw taking their swing to troops overseas. For many black Americans, however, that sound had a hollow ring. Segregated at home and in uniform, they found themselves fighting for libertie...
| Other Authors: | Burns, Ken, 1953-, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.). |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2011], c2000.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (110 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Series: |
Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Charlie Parker (2:39)
- Post-Depression Music (3:37)
- Hippest Place in Town (5:41)
- Dizzy Gillespie (5:06)
- Charlie Parker on the Alto Saxophone (8:52)
- Soldiers of Music (7:05)
- Soldiers of Music - Military Jazz Musicians (5:05)
- Finding Each Other (9:29)
- Finding Each Other - Nazi's and Jazz (3:55)
- Finding Each Other - Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie (5:46)
- Kill Jim Crow (4:02)
- Kill Jim Crow - Louis Armstrong (3:45)
- The Street (2:56)
- The Street - 52nd Street Jazz (7:59)
- We Need to Be Free (18:11)
- We Need to Be Free - WWII and Jazz (2:34)
- We Need to Be Free - Django Reinhardt (2:39)
- These Things Can't Happen (7:57)
- Charlie Parker Recordings (5:06)
- Credits: 'Dedicated to Chaos: Ken Burns: Jazz, Part 7' (2:49)
- 'Duke Ellington and His Orchestra' (3:04)