(1929, 1935, 1945) Smith, Bessie 1898?-1937 Holiday, Billie 1915-1959 Johnson, James P. (James Price) 1894-1955 Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra Duke Ellington Orchestra Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five moving image videorecording ctu Sandy Hook, Conn.] Video Images [1984] 1984 monographic eng

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1 videocassette (44 min.) : sd., b&w 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." Three all-black shorts with Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Louis Jordan, The Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. VHS format. Title from container. On label: 328. Jazz African Americans Music Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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