Black jazz and blues [videorecording] : (1929, 1935, 1945) / Three all-black shorts with Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Louis Jordan, The Fletcher Henderson Orchestra.
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FilmSeries: Video Yesteryear recordingPublication details: [Sandy Hook, Conn.] : Video Images, [1984]Description: 1 videocassette (44 min.) : sd., b&wSubject(s): Summary: 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."
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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."
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