TY  - ADVS
AU  - Smith,Bessie
AU  - Holiday,Billie
AU  - Johnson,James P.
AU  - Ellington,Duke
ED  - Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra.
ED  - Duke Ellington Orchestra.
ED  - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five.
TI  - Black jazz and blues: (1929, 1935, 1945) 
PY  - 1984///]
CY  - [Sandy Hook, Conn.]
PB  - Video Images
KW  - Jazz
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Music
N1  - VHS format; Title from container; On label: 328
N2  - 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."
ER  -