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The best of Ken Burns Jazz

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (Added Author). Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975 (Added Author). Trumbauer, Frank. (Added Author). Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (Added Author). Red Hot Peppers (Musical group) (Added Author).
CD Music recording  - 2000
MJ 781.65 Bes
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Subject
Jazz > 1921-1930.
Jazz > 1931-1940.
Jazz > 1941-1950.
Jazz > 1951-1960.
Jazz > 1991-2000.
Genre
Sound recordings.
Jazz.
  • Physical Description sound disc
    1 audio disc (75:21 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. --.
  • Publisher [New York] : Verve ; Willowdale, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by Universal Music, [2000]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact disc.
"... music featured in the PBS television series"--P. [2] of insert.
Consists of previously released material.
Program notes by Ken Burns inserted in container.
GMD: compact disc.
Formatted Contents Note: Star dust (Louis Armstrong and his orchestra) -- Dead man blues (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers) -- Dear old southland (Noble Sissle and his orchestra, featuring Sidney Bechet) -- Singin' the blues (Frankie Trumbauer and his orchestra, featuring Bix Beiderbecke) -- St. Louis blues (Louis Armstrong and his orchestra) -- The mooche (Duke Ellington and his orchestra) -- Hotter than 'ell (Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra) -- King Porter stomp (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) -- Begin the beguine (Artie Shaw and his orchestra) -- Cotton tail (Duke Ellington and his orchestra) -- Jumpin' at the Woodside (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Solitude (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his orchestra) -- Groovin' high (Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, featuring Charlie Parker) -- Straight, no chaser (Thelonius Monk) -- They can't take that away from me (Sarah Vaughan and her trio) -- Take five (45-RPM version) (the Dave Brubeck Quartet) -- Doodlin' (Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers) -- Giant steps (John Coltrane Quartet) -- So what (Miles Davis Sextet) -- Take the "A" train (the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra)
Participant or Performer Note: Various performers.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded September 21, 1926-October 10, 1992.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC $21.44

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