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©2000
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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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"PBS DVD Gold."
From 1917 through 1924 the "Jazz Age" begins with speakeasies, flappers and easy money for some. The story of jazz becomes a tale of two cities, Chicago and New York and of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, whose lives and music will span three-quarters of a century. This episode also follows the careers of jazz greats James Reese Europe, King Oliver, Willie Smith, Fletcher Henderson, Paul Whiteman and James P. Johnson
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editor, Sandra Marie Christie
Commentary, Matt Glaser, Wynton Marsalis, Arvell Shaw, Joya Sherrill, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Margo Jefferson, James Maher, Gary Giddins, Phoebe Jacobs, Mercedes Ellington, James Lincoln Collier, Studs Terkel, Milt Hinton, Benny Waters ; narrator, Keith David
DVD, stereo