America's music: Chicago and all that jazz [Videorecording]

Contributor(s): Elson, James [drt.] | Moore, Garry, 1915- [nrt.] | Allen, Henry, 1908-1967 [prf.] | Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 [prf.] | Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 [prf.] | Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964 [prf.] | Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 [prf.] | Seeley, Blossom, 1891-1974 [prf.] | Barnes, Mae [prf.] | Armstrong, Louis, 1900-1971 [prf.] | Smith, Mamie [prf.] | Smith, Bessie, 1898?-1937 [prf.] | Nichols, William, producer | Green, Bernard, 1908-1975 [arr, cnd.] | Challis, Bill, 1904- [arr.] | Minns and James [prf.] | NBC Television NetworkMaterial type: FilmFilmReference number:31300900Publication details: [S.l.] : Vintage Jazz Classics, 1991. Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 in.) sd. (mono.), b&w ; 1/2 inOther title: Chicago and all that jazzUniform titles: Dupont show of the week (Television program) Subject(s): Armstrong, Louis, 1900-1971 | Biederbecke, Bix, 1903-1931 | Jazz -- Illinois -- Chicago | Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Jazz musicians -- Illinois -- Chicago | Afro-American musicians | Afro-Americans -- Music | Dance -- United StatesProduction credits: Produced and written by William Nichols ; directed by James Elson ; music conducted and arranged by Bernard Green ; special arrangements by Bill Challis.Featuring: Meade Lux Lewis, Jack Teagarden, Red Allen, Eddie Condon, Gene Krupa; vocals by Blossom Seeley and Mae Barnes; film footage of Louis Armstrong, Mamie Smith and Bessie Smith; hosted by Garry Moore.Summary: Traces the history of jazz music in Chicago from 1916 through 1929 with performances by jazz musicians from the period. Includes footage of early Chicago (and Chicago as represented in Hollywood films), tributes to Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke, and demonstrations of various dances from the period by Al Minns and Leon James.
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Rehearsals and tapings of te DuPont Show of the Week: late October through November 1961. Telecast: 26 November 1961, on the NBC Television Network.

Featuring: Meade Lux Lewis, Jack Teagarden, Red Allen, Eddie Condon, Gene Krupa; vocals by Blossom Seeley and Mae Barnes; film footage of Louis Armstrong, Mamie Smith and Bessie Smith; hosted by Garry Moore.

Produced and written by William Nichols ; directed by James Elson ; music conducted and arranged by Bernard Green ; special arrangements by Bill Challis.

Traces the history of jazz music in Chicago from 1916 through 1929 with performances by jazz musicians from the period. Includes footage of early Chicago (and Chicago as represented in Hollywood films), tributes to Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke, and demonstrations of various dances from the period by Al Minns and Leon James.

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