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VARIOUS - V4: MASTERS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
The Story of Jazz puts the crown on the brilliant, highly acclaimed Masters of American Music Series, which has profiles some of the music’s pivotal figures. It is also a captivating trek through the stylistic changes that have kept jazz so fresh for all these years: New Orleans traditions, Stride, Swing, Boogie Woogie, Big Band, Jump Band, the singers, the dancers, the blues, Bebop, Afro-Cuban, Cool, Free-form... |
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VARIOUS - V3: MASTERS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Pianistic ringleader of the bebop revolution, Thelonious Monk is maybe Jazz’ major composer after Duke Ellington. |
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VARIOUS - V2: MASTERS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Most presentations of Billie Holiday, whether in picture or in word, feature Billie Holiday as the sad victim of hard times and hard drugs. With such a stark outline, it’s no wonder that she is remembered more for her sensational exploits than for the single fact of her life that matters above all others: that she was a great artist who, along with Louis Armstrong, invented modern jazz singing. |
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VARIOUS - V1: MASTERS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Celebrating Bird: The triumph of Charlie Parker is the first and only authorized documentary about one of the great legends in American music. |