Black jazz and blues  (1929, 1935, 1945) /  [videorecording] : 
Three all-black shorts with Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Louis Jordan, The Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. 
 - [Sandy Hook, Conn.] :  Video Images,  [1984] 
 - 1 videocassette (44 min.) :  sd., b&w 
 - Video Yesteryear recording .
<br/><br/> VHS format.  Title from container.  On label: 328. 
<br/><br/> St. Louis blues (1929): Bessie Smith, accompanied by James P. Johnson, piano, and members of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra; Symphony in black (1935): "Duke Ellington and his Orchestra perform Duke's ... composition, evoking a wide spectrum of the American black experience." Contains Billie Holiday's film debut; Caldonia (1945): "Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five ... are persuaded to make a movie in Harlem ... good comedy by George Wiltshire and Sam Pheard ... Nicki O'Daniel as ... Caldonia." 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jazz.<br/>African Americans--Music.