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Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just about every jazz musician at the time showed up for the photo shoot which took place in front of a brownstone near the 125th street station. The documentary compiles interviews of many of the musicians in the photograph to talk about the day of the photograph, and it shows film footage taken that day by Milt Hinton and his wife.
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Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.
シカゴの貧しい家に生まれたベニイ・グッドマンは少年時代からクラリネットを始め、その上達ぶりは師を驚嘆させた。しかし彼は周囲の反対を押し切り、クラシックではなくジャズの道に進む。十代で名門楽団に参加し、やがて単身でニューヨークへ。”キング・オブ・スイング”と称賛されるまでの辛苦と様々な出会い。そして、上流階級の娘アリスとの恋ー。圧巻はクラシックの殿堂カーネギーホールにおける史上初のジャズコンサート。二人の熱い思いを乗せて、歴史的演奏が始まる・・・。
ジーン・クルーパ、ライオネル・ハンプトン、そしてテディ・ウィルソン他多数の一流プレイヤーたちの名演奏も必聴！
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TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."
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An impressionistic study of the celebrated tap dancer.
