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Publisher, Date: [United States] : PBS Home Video ; Burbank, Calif. : distributed by Warner Home Video , c2000.
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: not rated.
Local Availability 3 (of 3) System Availability 3 (of 3)
Call Number: DVD 781.65 JAZ
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Edition: Full screen version.
ISBN: 1415702454 (set)
System Availability: 3
Current Holds: 0
Summary: When America enters WWII in 1941, swing becomes a symbol of democracy and entertainers like Dave Brubeck, Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw take their music to the armed forces overseas. In Nazi-occupied Europe, gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt blends jazz with his own musical traditions. In New York Billie Holiday is unofficial queen despite a growing addiction to narcotics. Duke Ellington, assisted by the gifted young arranger, Billy Strayhorn, brings his music to ever-greater heights. After dark a small underground of gifted young musicians led by the trumpet virtuoso Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonists Charlie Parker and Ben Webster begin to develop a new fast and intricate way of playing, developing a new music called bebop. Meanwhile in 1945, black soldiers return home to the same racism they fought against, and a growing unrest sets the seeds for future rebellions.
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