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Swing: The Velocity of Celebration (1937-1939)
Episode six of Ken Burns’s series — covering 1937 to 1939 — finds swing fans decrying the commercialization of big band jazz. Soon, an exciting new swing sound, infused with the blues and centered around improvisation, is reinvigorating jazz audiences and musicians alike. The focal point of this movement is Kansas City, and Count Basie’s band leads the charge of the “Territory Bands” — so-called because of their mid-western roots. Kansas City swing enters the spotlight in 1938 when Basie’s band performs alongside Benny Goodman’s at Carnegie Hall. Soon after the set, the group travels uptown to the Savoy Ballroom and a legendary battle of the bands with Chick Webb. By the end of the ’30s, Basie’s lead saxophonist Lester Young has risen to the forefront of jazz and with a laid-back, mellow approach that will influence such later jazz luminaries as Miles Davis. Young also pairs with Billie Holiday who eventually records the incendiary anti-lynching ballad “Strange Fruit”. By the decade’s end, Chick Webb similarly garners fame and fortune with a young singer named Ella Fitzgerald, and as war breaks out in Europe, Coleman Hawkins records the ballad “Body and Soul” in such a way that prefigures the sound of jazz to come., Americans’ appetite for swing increases, as the tenor sax emerges as a major jazz instrument, thanks to Coleman Hawkins and his rival, Lester Young. Pianist Count Basie takes the jazz mecca Kansas City, and the nation, by storm, and hires Billie Holiday., “Swing: The Velocity of Celebration” (Part 6 of 10) covers 1937-39—years when “Americans seemed to have an insatiable appetite” for swing, says narrator Keith David. Among the highlights: the tenor sax emerges as a major jazz instrument, thanks to Coleman Hawkins and his rival, Lester Young; and pianist Count Basie takes the jazz mecca Kansas City—and then the nation—by storm. Basie also hires Billie Holiday. She was, says Branford Marsalis, “the greatest jazz singer of them all.”, “Swing: The Velocity of Celebration” (Part 6 of 10) covers 1937-39 — years when “Americans seemed to have an insatiable appetite” for swing, says narrator Keith David. Among the highlights: the tenor sax emerges as a major jazz instrument, thanks to Coleman Hawkins and his rival, Lester Young; and pianist Count Basie takes the jazz mecca Kansas City — and then the nation — by storm., The pulsing Kansas City sound of Count Basie’s Band comes to New York and quickly reignites the spirit of swing. Soon Basie’s lead saxophonist, Lester Young, challenges Coleman Hawkins for supremacy, matching the old sax-master’s muscular sound with a lighter, laid-back style of his own. Young teams with Billie Holiday for a series of masterful recordings. By the decade’s end, Chick Webb has achieved national fame by taking a chance on a teenage singer named Ella Fitzgerald., “Swing: The Velocity of Celebration” (Part 6 of 10) covers 1937-39 — years when “Americans seemed to have an insatiable appetite” for swing, says narrator Keith David. Among the highlights: the tenor sax emerges as a major jazz instrument, thanks to Coleman Hawkins and his rival, Lester Young; and pianist Count Basie takes the jazz mecca Kansas City — and then the nation — by storm. Basie also hires Billie Holiday. She was, says Branford Marsalis, “the greatest jazz singer of them all.”
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Jazz “Swing: The Velocity of Celebration (1937-1939) 1 6?
A: The main cast includes Wynton Marsalis,Geoffrey C. Ward,Buddy Squires,Delroy Lindo,Kevin Conway,Anthony LaPaglia,Ken Burns,Philip Bosco,Keith David,Ann Duquesnay,Aaron Vega,Peter Miller.
Q: When Did the “Jazz” Swing: The Velocity of Celebration (1937-1939) Released?
A: The Episode “Jazz” Swing: The Velocity of Celebration (1937-1939) 1 6 originally aired on 2001-01-22 and released in the year of 2001.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Jazz” Swing: The Velocity of Celebration (1937-1939)?
A: Is also available in eng language.
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A: “Jazz” Swing: The Velocity of Celebration (1937-1939) 16 is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
