Ken Burns Jazz Collections. (Quick Takes).Ken Burns Jazz Collections (2000) Public Broadcasting's favorite son admitted that he knew little about jazz when he began this project, but in the course of producing a 19-hour film (Jazz, 10-disc DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ), the inevitable companion book (Jazz: A History of Music, by Geoffery Ward), and a five-CD box set (Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of American Music), Burns has certainly earned a graduate degree in America's most important musical idiom. For those interested in taking this fascinating seminar in bite-sized pieces, Sony has also released 10 separate CDs of the Ken Burns Jazz Collection, each featuring artists from Louis Armstrong to Billie Holiday Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later nicknamed Lady Day (see "Jazz royalty" regarding similar nicknames), was an American jazz singer, a seminal influence on jazz and pop singers, and generally regarded as one of the to Ella Fitzgerald Noun 1. Ella Fitzgerald - United States scat singer (1917-1996) Fitzgerald to John Coltrane “Coltrane” redirects here. For other uses, see Coltrane (disambiguation). John William Coltrane (September 23 1926 – July 17 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. . Take the E-Train to your public library and check it out. **** |
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