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Count Basie swingin' the blues /

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"... a distinguished group of Basie alumni -- including early band members Sweets Edison, Earle Warren and Claude Williams and later stars like Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet and Joe Williams -- have come together to lend their insight to this film, in probing on-camera interviews and an unpreced...

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Other Authors: Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (Instrumentalist), Sieg, Matthew (Director), Browne, Roscoe Lee (Narrator), Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (Instrumentalist), Grey, Al (Instrumentalist), Henry, Haywood (Instrumentalist), Jacquet, Illinois (Instrumentalist), Lewis, Jimmy, 1918-2000 (Instrumentalist), McShann, Jay (Instrumentalist), Mitchell, Grover, 1930-2003 (Instrumentalist), Tate, Buddy (Instrumentalist), Warren, Earle (Instrumentalist), Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (Instrumentalist), Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (Vocalist, Instrumentalist)
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : BMG Video, 1992
Series:Masters of American music series.
Subjects:
Basie, Count, > 1904-1984.
Blues (Music)
Jazz.
Big band music.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:"... a distinguished group of Basie alumni -- including early band members Sweets Edison, Earle Warren and Claude Williams and later stars like Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet and Joe Williams -- have come together to lend their insight to this film, in probing on-camera interviews and an unprecedented round-table reminiscence. Basie himself appears in revealing interview clips from various stages of his life. And, most importantly, there is the music: vintage performance footage beginning in the late 1930s, and master recordings of the greatest Basie sessions"--Container.
Item Description:"Deluxe gatefold edition."
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS, stereo.
Production Credits:Directed by Matthew Seig ; written by Albert Murray ; edited by Adam Zucker.