 | Toni Morrison: Profile of a Writer [VHS]
TONI MORRISON
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Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is one of the leading novelists in the United States. Her work--from The Bluest Eye to Song of Solomon to Jazz--is noted for its vivid imagery and powerful subjects. Her best-known work, though, is Beloved, which was made into a feature f... |
 | Our Friend Martin [VHS]
EDWARD ASNER ANGELA BASSETT LUCAS BLACK (II) THEODORE BORDERS LEVAR BURTON Director:ROB SMILEY
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This animated time-travel adventure features a stellar cast and is a delight for kids and adults alike. When Matt, a black teenager, has to go on a class field trip to the museum of Martin Luther King Jr., he thinks that he'd rather play baseball. But the trip turns into an excit... |
 | Thelonius Monk - Straight No Chaser [VHS]
THELONIOUS MONK JOHN COLTRANE JIMMY CLEVELAND HARRY COLOMBY RAY COPELAND Director:CHARLOTTE ZWERIN
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This exemplary documentary about seminal jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk reaps the benefits of multiple blessings, including the skilled editorial hand of director Charlotte Zwerin and the patronage of executive producer (and erstwhile jazz pianist) Clint Eastwood. M... |
 | The Story of Jazz [VHS]
VARIOUS ARTISTS
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Produced as the title segment to a six-part series, this 90-minute documentary traces the evolution of jazz from its 19th-century origins in New Orleans's Congo Square, where slaves first introduced American listeners to the complex rhythms and earthy textures of African music. ... |
 | Martin Lawrence - You So Crazy [VHS]
MARTIN LAWRENCE Director:THOMAS SCHLAMME
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In his first theatrical movie and box office hit, Martin Lawrence proved why he is considered "one of the funniest human beings since Richard Pryor." - Baltimore Times |
 | Def Comedy Jam: More All Stars 1 [VHS]
MARTIN LAWRENCE
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 | Say Amen Somebody [VHS]
Xenon
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Anyone who loves soul music or rhythm & blues probably knows that it all springs from the roots of gospel music. This 1982 documentary by director George T. Nierenberg breaks it all down beautifully as he examines the lives and careers of a handful of since-departed gospel stars,... |
 | At the Jazz Band Ball - Early Hot Jazz, Song and Dance [VHS]
LOUIS ARMSTRONG DUKE ELLINGTON BIX BEIDERBECKE DORSEY BROTHERS BAND BESSIE SMITH
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At the Jazz Band Ball features rare, archival film clips from 1925 to 1933 that showcase a wonderful potpourri of musicians, bandleaders, singers, dancers, and entertainers that characterized the best of the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age. The range of this collection rep... |
 | Ladies Sing the Blues [VHS]
VARIOUS ARTISTS
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WINNER OF: -The American Video Conference/Billboard Magazine -The International Film & TV Festival of NY -The American Film & Video Festival The "Ladies" who created an art form and sang their way into legend… a bygone era is recaptured in this filmed salute to the women ... |
 | Richard Pryor - Here and Now [VHS]
RICHARD PRYOR PAUL MOONEY Director:RICHARD PRYOR
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Did you ever have a good concert spoiled by yahoos in the audience? In Richard Pryor: Here and Now, the last and least of Pryor's three concert films, Pryor's consummate comic genius is put to the supreme test by audience members who shout out, heckle, and otherwise break the spe... |
 | Blues Masters, Vol. 1: Essential History [VHS]
VARIOUS ARTISTS
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Too much jazz filler.:I thought this series (both Vol. 1 and 2) were a good source of historic blues info. I especially like the way they corelate historic events such as the 1929 Market Crash and WWII with blues events and artists. The only criticism I have is that it mixes too ... |
 | Lady Day - The Many Faces of Billie Holiday [VHS]
BILLIE HOLIDAY
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Given the often inextricable relationship between art and suffering, it's no coincidence that Billie Holiday, popularly acclaimed as jazz's greatest (if not technically best) female singer, was also one of its most tragic figures. While both triumph and tragedy are covered in th... |
 | Bluesland - A Portrait in American Music [VHS]
MUDDY WATERS SON HOUSE BESSIE SMITH CHARLEY PATTON LEADBELLY Director:KEN MANDEL
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With traditions that variously intersect and parallel those of jazz, the blues has likewise emerged as a uniquely American musical dialect that has powerfully influenced music from the early 20th century forward. Whether tuned to the stark individuality of country blues, with it... |
 | Chris Rock - Bigger and Blacker [VHS]
CHRIS ROCK
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Comedian Chris Rock makes a raucous return to his stand-up roots in this HBO special filmed at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater. Despite his manic and profane delivery, Rock's comedy is often rooted in traditional subjects for comedians: family relationships, misunderstandings ... |
 | Jazz Cocktails: Paramount Musical Shorts, Vol. 2 [VHS]
MACK GORDON JACK OAKIE LEROY PRINZ HARRY REVEL LYDA ROBERTI Director:NORMAN TAUROG
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The Jazziest Blues.:I think this video is a must have for your blues and jazz collection. The short musical movies, are well put together. I especially like Duke Ellington's Bundle of blues, I didn't know the song stormy weather, was writen and sung before the 1940's. Ivie Anders... |
 | Thelonious Monk - American Composer [VHS]
THELONIOUS MONK
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Wanting More:This is a great DVD mainly featuring interviews with Monk's friends and family, providing fascinating info about the man. However on my wish-list is a comprehensive DVD of Monk's performances (there seems to be plenty of footage) WITHOUT any talking over his playing!... |
 | Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker [VHS]
CHARLIE PARKER
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This 1987 film represents the first substantial documentary devoted to virtuoso saxophonist and bebop icon Charlie Parker, whose wildly inventive style and hip charisma made him a legend well before his untimely death at 34. Parker's huge, ultimately self-destructive appetites a... |
 | Sarah Vaughn: The Divine One [VHS]
SARAH VAUGHAN
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Nice DVD intro to Sarah Vaughan:Great intro into the life and art of one of the greatest vocal artists of jazz...
If there were a bit more jazz and a bit less life I would be even more pleased (and the customer who complains about the quality of the recording is not completely of... |
 | Live on the Sunset Strip [VHS]
RICHARD PRYOR GENE CROSS JULIE HAMPTON JESSE JACKSON Director:JOE LAYTON
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Taken together, Richard Pryor's concert films, the essential Live in Concert, the virtuoso Live on the Sunset Strip, and even the lesser Here and Now, provide a more incisive autobiographical portrait of the groundbreaking comedian than the fictionalized Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life I... |
 | The Search for Robert Johnson [VHS]
Sony
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Robert Johnson:Though not the highest quality CD, you are taken on a tour of the Mississippi delta region where Robert lived and you learn what little is known about his life and his soul. You'll meet folks he wrote about in his songs and share theories on his death. The emcee is... |
